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Mark Warner was interviewed on BNN about China’s requested WTO dispute consultations with the United States and the European Union regarding special calculation methodologies used by the US and EU in anti-dumping proceedings and the impact of this dispute for Canada. (December 12, 2016) When China joined the WTO in 2001, its accession terms allowed other WTO members to treat it as a “non-market economy” but part of that clause expired on December 11th, 2016.  Mr. Warner, a Canadian and U.S. lawyer, 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. 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.

Mark Warner was interviewed on BNN about the announcement by Chinese Premier Li Keqiang and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau that exploratory talks on free trade will begin between Canada and China and the resolution of longstanding issues of access for Canadian beef and canola to China. (September 22, 2016) Mark also discussed the ongoing discussions among European Union Members and with Canada to clear the way  for signing and ratifying the Canada-European Union Trade Agreement (CETA) and continuing protectionist rumbles in the U.S. election campaign. Mr. Warner was Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade and advised Ontario in the CETA negotiations and on several NAFTA Chapter 11 Investor-State Arbitrations. Mark, a Canadian and U.S. lawyer, 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 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.