Mark Warner Comments on Strategic Issues in the Timing and Nuture of NAFTA Renegotiations

Mark Warner comments in the Globe and Mail on whether renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) must proceed under the “Fast Track” Trade Promotion Authority granted from the U.S. Congress to President Obama. (February 2, 2017) 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 and advised Ontario in the Canada-EU Trade Agreement (CETA) negotiations, on procurement issues in the Canada-U.S. Agreement on Government Procurement, on several NAFTA Chapter 11 Investor-State arbitrations and led the Province’s legal team for the insolvency / restructuring of General Motors and Chrysler. 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.