Canada’s spy agency withheld information about China’s threats to lawmaker -PM Trudeau

By Ismail Shakil OTTAWA (Reuters) -Canada’s spy agency withheld information about Chinese threats against a Canadian lawmaker and his family in 2021, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Wednesday, adding that he had told the agency that in the future such threats must be revealed immediately. The Canadian Security Intelligence Service (CSIS) had determined that…

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33 Democrats urge ban on investor-state dispute provisions in all U.S. trade deals

By David Lawder WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Democratic U.S. lawmakers on Wednesday urged the U.S. Trade Representative and State Department to eliminate investor-state dispute settlement provisions from current and future trade deals and to intervene on behalf of Honduras against a U.S. company’s nearly $11 billion claim against the country. In a letter to Secretary of…

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