Subject: BREAKING NEWS: Keystone pipeline company files NAFTA lawsuit
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Date: Wed, 06 Jan 2016 16:05:01 -0600

The company behind the Keystone XL pipeline has filed a legal challenge to its rejection, contending that President Barack Obama violated the North American Free Trade Agreement in killing the project.

The company, TransCanada Corp, also filed a separate lawsuit charging that Obama violated his constitutional authority in the November decision to deny the permit.

The two legal challenges are the latest twist in years-long saga around the Canada-to-Texas pipeline, and could once again ratchet up tensions between Washington and Ottawa as Obama prepares to host new Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a state dinner in March. 

In its challenge under NAFTA, TransCanada seeks monetary damages that could number in the billions for what it alleges is an "arbitrary" rejection by the White House, that was made more for symbolic value to bolster Obama's fight against climate change. 

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