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Mark Warner was interviewed on CBC News Network Power & Politics about the amendments to the Canada-European Union Trade Agreement (CETA) chapter on investor-state dispute settlement. (February 29, 2016) Mr. Warner, a Canadian and U.S. lawyer, previously practiced trade and competition law in Brussels and as Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade advised Ontario in the CETA negotiations and on several NAFTA Chapter 11 Investor-State Arbitrations. Mr. Warner has advised governments on trade policy and trade negotiations and previously worked on trade and competition issues as counsel in the OECD Trade Directorate. [Watch from 16:49 to 24:54] 

Mark Warner served as a panelist at the All-American Regional Round (AARR) of the 14th annual European Law Students’ Association (ELSA) Moot Court Competition (EMC2) on WTO Law. The Round was held at the Faculty of Law at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario March 3-5, 2016 and Mr. Warner was a panelist in the Grand Final, Semi-Final and Preliminary Rounds of pleadings. As Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade, Mr. Warner provided advice to the Government of Ontario on the design of the Green Energy Act and related WTO dispute settlement proceedings, participated in the Canada-European Union Trade Agreement (CETA) negotiations, and advised on various NAFTA Chapter 11 investor-state arbitration matters involving Ontario. Mr. Warner advises businesses and governments on trade negotiations and trade disputes. He also previously worked on trade and competition issues as counsel in the OECD Trade Directorate where he participated in the negotiations of the Multilateral Agreement on Investment and represented the OECD at meetings of the WTO Working Group on Trade and Competition Policy and the Working Group on Trade and Investment.

Mark Warner published an IRPP Perspectives blog and Huffington Post Canada blog on the judicial contributions of late U.S. Justice Antonin Scalia’s to the recognition of international comity to address longstanding Canadian and other foreign concerns about the extraterritorial application of U.S. competition, tax, securities and banking laws. Mark Warner is an Ontario and New York attorney specializing in trade, competition and investment law. Mark is a former Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade, has practiced law in leading law firms in Toronto, Washington, New York and Brussels, and has served as counsel to the OECD Trade Directorate in Paris. His work experience has included university research and teaching, and acting as an independent consultant to various foreign governments and international organizations. In 2015, Mark was elected a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation.

Mark Warner participated in an International Trade Panel at the 2016 Asian Canadian Law Students Conference. (February 20, 2016) Mr. Warner was Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade and previously worked on trade and competition issues as counsel in the OECD Trade Directorate. Mark has been an adviser to the Governments of Cambodia, Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam on competition and trade policy and at the invitation of the U.S. Department of State lectured in five cities in Japan on international antitrust law and policy. As Assistant Director of the University of Baltimore’s Centre for International and Comparative Law, Mark hired a Chinese scholar to begin a research program on reforming anti-monopoly law in China, one of the first such efforts at the time. He is frequently interviewed in print, radio and television on the Trans-Pacific Partnership Trade Agreement.

Mark Warner is quoted in this article about the reasons for Canada’s record in NAFTA Chapter 11 investor-state dispute settlement arbitration cases. (February 11, 2016) As Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade, Mr. Warner participated in the CETA negotiations and advised on several NAFTA Chapter 11 Investor-State arbitrations. Mr. Warner has advised businesses and governments on trade and investment policy and law, trade negotiations and trade disputes. He also previously worked on trade and competition issues as counsel in the OECD Trade Directorate where he participated in the negotiations of the Multilateral Agreement on Investment and represented the OECD at meetings of the WTO Working Group on Trade and Investment.

Mark Warner was quoted in this article about the threats to cancel NAFTA by US Presidential candidates Trump (R) & Sanders (D). (February 10, 2016) Putting aside the messy diplomatic and economic questions, Article 2205 provides that a NAFTA party can withdraw with six months notice, the trickier question is whether a congressional-executive agreement can be terminated by the President alone or whether majority votes in both houses of Congress would be required. I think the better view is that unlike with a “treaty” the President can notify the NAFTA partners on his own but unraveling the domestic commitments would require congressional action. Mr. Warner advised on NAFTA trade and investment issues as Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade and Ministry of Research & Innovation and participated in the Canada-European Union Trade Agreement (CETA) negotiations . Mr. Warner has advised governments on trade policy and trade negotiations and previously worked on trade and competition issues as counsel in the OECD Trade Directorate.

Mark Warner is quoted in this Canadian Bar Association National Magazine  article on Canada’s challenge in lifting economic sanctions against Iran. (February 4, 2016) Mark is a former Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade and has worked on trade and competition issues as counsel in the OECD Trade Directorate. He advises on foreign corrupt practices, foreign asset controls, anti-money laundering and export controls issues, including assisting various multinational firms in developing compliance programs in these areas. Mark has also participated in an international arbitration relating to the expropriation of the assets of a U.S.-based oil company in Libya and related issues under applicable sanctions and foreign asset control rules.

Mark Warner authors a blog for Huffington Post Canada on innovation myths and trade realities in the ongoing Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) ratification debate in Canada. (February 2, 2016) Mr. Warner was Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade and Ministry of Research & Innovation and participated in the Canada-European Union Trade Agreement (CETA) negotiations . Mr. Warner has advised governments on trade policy and trade negotiations and previously worked on trade and competition issues as counsel in the OECD Trade Directorate.

Mark Warner is quoted in this Canadian Bar Association National Magazine  article on Legalizing Marijuana and Canada’s International Legal Commitments. (January 22, 2016) Mark is a former Acting Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Consumer Services which provided oversight to the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) and the Vintners Quality Alliance Ontario (VQA) and as Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade participated in the Canada-European Union Trade Agreement (CETA) negotiations, including with respect to trade in alcoholic beverages and Monopolies and State Enterprises. Earlier in his career, Mark worked on trade and competition issues as counsel in the OECD Trade Directorate. He also worked with the legendary American public international lawyer, Keith Highet on the Spain v. Canada (Fisheries Jurisdiction) World Court case and served as Rapporteur of the Hague Conference on Private International Law Commission on Jurisdiction for Torts in Electronic Commerce.

Mark Warner is quoted in this CBC article on the delay in ratification of the Canada-European Union Trade Agreement (CETA) and the potential renegotiation of the investor-state dispute settlement provisions at the request of the EU. (January 21, 2016) Mr. Warner was Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade participated in the CETA negotiations, advised on several NAFTA Chapter 11 Investor-State Arbitrations and led the Province’s legal team for the insolvency / restructuring of GM and Chrysler. Mr. Warner has advised governments on trade policy and trade negotiations and previously worked on trade and competition issues as counsel in the OECD Trade Directorate.