Mark Warner Interviewed on CBC About Investor-State Dispute Settlement in CETA

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 Participated In An International Trade Panel at 2016 Asian Canadian Law Students Conference

Asia749Mark 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 Interviewed About the Threats to Cancel NAFTA by U.S. Presidential Candidates Trump (R) & Sanders (D)

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 Comments on Innovation Myths and Trade Realities in the TPP Ratification Debate in Canada

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 Interviewed by CBC About the Role of Investor-State Disputes in Delaying the Ratification of the Canada-EU Trade Agreement

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.

Mark Warner Interviewed on BNN on TransCanada’s NAFTA & Constitutional Claims Against the United States Government

Mark Warner interviewed on BNN about TransCanada’s NAFTA Chapter 11 investor-state claim & constitutional claims filed against the United States Government. (January 7, 2016) Mr. Warner was Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade and advised on various NAFTA Chapter 11 investor-state arbitration cases involving Ontario . Mr. Warner has advised governments on trade and investment policy and trade negotiations and previously worked on trade and competition issues as counsel in the OECD Trade Directorate.

Mark Warner: 2015 Year in Review – Personal Reflections on a Year of Innovation, Competition, Trade and Compliance

I published this 2015 Year in Review – Personal Reflections on LinkedIn:

As another year comes to a close, I thought I would reflect on some of the more interesting places that my practice took me to this year. The year began with an unexpected honour – being elected as a Fellow of the American Bar Foundation, and later in June I traveled to London to attend a Fellows celebration of Magna Carta, which remains such an important foundation stone for law and lawyers.

Every once in a while a client file comes along that similarly sends me back to the first principles in the areas of law in which I practice. In 2015, for me one such moment came in advising a maverick polling firm. My client believed itself to be facing an existential challenge from a dominant firm competitor leading the charge to form a trade association to establish rules with the express aim of disciplining the polling methods of rivals against the backdrop of the most intense and hard fought Canadian election in a generation. It has become an axiom of antitrust / competition law that the goal is “to protect competitors, not competition” however in some fast-moving markets, it is clear that the failure to act  to preserve the “rules of the road” or a “level playing field” can yield unintended consequences.

Innovation and change also figured prominently in two conferences that I participated in this year. In June, I attended a stimulating Federal Trade Commission Workshop on The “Sharing” Economy: Issues Facing Platforms, Participants, and Regulators. This gave me the idea to partner with Insight Information to hold a first of its kind Canadian Sharing Economy Symposium in Toronto that would peel back the onion to take a detailed look at competition, consumer protection, labour, taxation, insurance and municipal planning issues at the heart of understanding and resolving the tensions created by the new markets and modes of competition created by this new “gig” or technology-enabled “on demand” economy.

Challenges to markets not only come from within, but also from outside. In 2015, I was called upon frequently to discuss trade and investment issues, most notably in relation to the negotiation and conclusion of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (“TPP”) Agreement. I was interviewed on television on BNN, CTV, CBC and CPAC, and on radio on AM980 CFPL,  quoted in articles in the Ottawa Citizen, the Toronto Sun (and Sputnik News) and published a much-read Huffington Post blog and two Op Eds in the Toronto Sun on the TPP.

Just as businesses are beginning to evaluate the threats and opportunities posed by new technologies and new trading frameworks, they also need to be aware of emerging regulatory convergence and enforcement cooperation in areas such as antitrust / competition law but also other forms of so-called “white collar” crime such as money laundering, bribery and corruption. The importance of appropriate compliance programs was underscored by my invitation to give a speech in Sao Paulo, Brazil on competition, corruption and corporate governance in the midst of the Petrobras and Lavalin scandals engulfing Brazilian and Canadian “national champions”.  I also participated on a panel on educating business leaders for integrity at a conference at York University’s Schulich School of Business sponsored by the Canadian Business Ethnics Research Network.

One industry with which I have long been affiliated that is at the forefront of all the issues of innovation, international convergence, compliance and governance is the pharmaceutical industry. So not surprisingly it came up often in my discussion and advice relating to the TPP. In April, I also traveled to Rutgers School of Law to give a talk on competition, trade & investment issues affecting the pharmaceutical industry.

The theme of investment figured prominently in two other 2015 events that I participated in. In November I was invited to lecture at the Ivey Business School at Western University on business, government & globalization issues in investor-state dispute settlement, prosecution of foreign bribery & corruption and corporate social responsibility and foreign affiliate liability. I also returned to Panama to participate in a conference to address global tax initiatives affecting trade and investment in services in panama. My role was to try to make sense of the WTO panel decision on a case brought by Panama on countermeasures by Argentina on services and service suppliers from jurisdictions that do not exchange information for the purposes of fiscal transparency.

2015 was a fun and interesting year, and in 2016 I look forward continuing to work on cutting-edge issues of innovation, competition, investment and trade giving advice to businesses and trade associations on compliance, governance and transactions and to governments on legislative and regulatory design.

And so let me take this opportunity to offer all of you, my best wishes for a safe Holiday Season and a prosperous new year!

Mark Warner Interviewed on CBC’s The Exchange About the Publication of the TPP Agreement

Mark Warner interviewed on CBC’s The Exchange with Dianne Buckner about the publication of the text of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement. (November, 5 2015) Mr. Warner was Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade participated in the Canada-European Union Trade Agreement (CETA) negotiations 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.

Mark Warner Interviewed About the Prospects for Passage of the TPP in Canada After Change in Government

Mark Warner is quoted in this Sputnik News article on the prospects for passage of the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement in Canada following the October 19th Canadian Federal election. (October 21, 2015) Mr. Warner was Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade participated in the Canada-European Union Trade Agreement (CETA) negotiations 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.

Mark Warner Publishes an Op Ed on Temporary Foreign Workers and the TPP in the Sun

Mark Warner published an Op Ed in the Sun Newspaper discussing the trade in Services and  the Temporary Entry of Business Persons provisions in the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement. (October 19, 2015) Mr. Warner was Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade participated in the Canada-European Union Trade Agreement (CETA) negotiations, including on Cross-Border Trade in ServicesTemporary Entry and Mutual Recognition of Professional Qualifications; 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.

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