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Mark Warner was interviewed by the Financial Post about the prospects for the Canada-China and U.S. – China trade relationship under a second-term Trump Presidency or new Biden Presidency. (October 27, 2020) Mark is a Canadian and U.S. lawyer who has practiced in Toronto, Washington, DC and New York and 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 was Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Tradeand led Ontario’s legal team for trade negotiations (including the Canada-EU Trade Agreement and the Canada-U.S. Agreement on Government Procurement), advised on trade disputes (including the Green Energy Act and softwood lumber) and various NAFTA Chapter 11 investor-state arbitration matters. As MEDT Legal Director, Mark advised on economic development, research and innovation grants and loans to corporations, including Huawei. 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 was interviewed on the CBC Weekend Business Panel about “negative oil” prices, concerns for businesses as jurisdictions begin to re-open, price gouging lawsuits and increased foreign investment screening in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. (April 25, 2020) Mr. Warner is a Canadian and U.S. lawyer who has practiced in Toronto, Washington, DC and New York and has advised governments on trade policy and trade negotiations and previously worked on trade and competition issues as counsel in the OECD Trade Directorate. Mr. Warner has provided competition law advice to a major oil company concerning oil refining and retail distribution in North America and on the first ever post-accession EC notification of a merger involving two of Central Europe’s largest refiners of crude oil and has participated in complex securities / antitrust investigations by the SEC and DOJ. Mr. Warner 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.

Mr. Warner was Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade and led the Province’s legal team for the insolvency / restructuring of General Motors and Chrysler in the difficult context of the 2008-2009 Recession. As Legal Director was responsible for negotiating and drafting Government of Ontario grant and loan agreements to leading global companies for jobs, investment, research and manufacturing projects in Ontario, including for clean energy (solar and wind) and advising on the adoption of the Green Energy Act (Ontario) and a WTO challenge by Japan to its domestic content provisions. As a former Acting Legal Director for the Ontario Ministry of Consumer Services, Mark was responsible for prosecutions under the provincial consumer protection laws and regulations.

Mark Warner discusses the ongoing Canadian National Railway strike, the consolidation of Lowe’s / Rona hardware stores and possible Investment Canada undertakings, and Easyjet’s new carbon offsetting commitments on the CBC Weekend Bsiness Panel. (November 23, 2019) Mr. Warner is a Canadian and U.S. lawyer who has practiced in Toronto, Washington, DC and New York and has advised governments on trade policy and trade negotiations and previously worked on trade and competition issues as counsel in the OECD Trade Directorate. Mr. Warner was Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade led Ontario’s legal team in the CETA negotiations, provided advice on the design of the Green Energy Act and related WTO dispute settlement proceedings, advised on various NAFTA Chapter 11 investor-state arbitration, and on procurement issues in the Canada-U.S. Agreement on Government Procurement. He is co-author of a leading Canadian trade law treatise, has also published numerous articles and has been invited to speak at conferences around the world.