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EU/Canada free trade and the Irish constitution: Costello v The Government of Ireland and Ors [2022] IESC 44 – Case Comment

 

 

Dr John Cotter,
Lecturer in Law, Keele University, UK

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Background

 

The EU-Canada
Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), signed on 30 October
2016 following…