Audio Levels different after imorting a sequence from PP to Audition

I'm trying to master my audio but after exporting my sequence to Audition I quickly found that the Levels in the Multitrack view are louder than in the Waveform view. This is making it difficult to work on my sequence. 
If I open a simple audio file from Audition there isn't a problem... the different views work fine and levels are the same. So there must be something going wrong with the PP to Audition link I guess? Does anyone have any ideas what's causing this? 
Thanks
Kevin

Also, in the sequence the Edit in Audition option is greyed out? I can't round trip and work through the clips individually? Is there something I need to switch on or something?

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