Here is my commentary – published by the MacDonald-Laurier Institute, 25 February 2021 – on the various aspects of President Biden’s new Buy American policies and their implications for Canadian suppliers.
Author Archives: Lawrence Herman
Bibliography – Publications, Articles, Papers (1978-2021)
This is a listing of Lawrence Herman’s published articles, etc. over the last 40 or so years. A selection of newspaper columns and editorial comments are included here.
EU-China Investment Treaty Raises Concerns
This comment deals with the legal and geopolitical ramifications of the recent EU-China investment treaty. It notes that Canada also has an investment agreement with China, concluded at a different time and when there was seen to be value in this kind of deal with China.
Investment Treaty with China Raises Concerns-Globe 14 Jan 2021
Keystone XL Is Dead – It’s Now a Question of Compensation
This is a column of mine in the Globe and Mail (Toronto), 25 January 2021, about the Keystone XL permit cancellation, commenting on how calls for Canadian “sanctions” or “retaliation” made by the premiers of Alberta and Saskatchewan make no sense. As well, neither the WTO Agreement nor CUSMA provide legal justification for this kind of action. It’s time to move on.
Keystone XL-Forget Retaliation-The Fight Is About Compensation
China’s Security Challenge
This is a commentary published by The Hill Times on 10 December 2020. It deals with resources Canada can employ to confront the security risk posed by Huawei and other Chinese enterprizes seeking to invest in Canada, most of which are either State owned and controlled or under the control or influence of the Chinese Communist Party.
2021 Trade Priorities: Make CUSMA Work & Fix the WTO
This is a comment of mine, printed in the Financial Post on 15 December 2020, with some recommendations for 2021 for those ministers in the Trudeau government in charge of Canadian trade policy, including the PM himself.
Cultural Property – Controlling Illicit Trade
This article was done by me and Alexander Herman, Institute of Art and Law, London, U.K., in commemoration of the 50th anniversary, in November 2020, of the groundbreaking UNESCO Convention on the Means of Prohibiting and Preventing the Illicit Import, Export & Transfer of Ownership of Cultural Property.
Canadian Trade Laws – Need for More Surgical Use
This memo issued by the Canadian Global Affairs Institute (CGAI) looks at certain American trade laws and whether Canada could use some of these US models more effectively, to the benefit of open markets and Canadian commercial interests, while sticking to WTO rules.
Seven Trade Moves to Watch For Under Joe Biden
This is a Globe and Mail (Toronto) column, 12 November 2020, reviewing some of the key trade policy issues likely to percolate to the surface as between Canada and the US under Joe Biden’s presidency.
Buy American Challenges
This is a short piece issued by the C. D. Howe Institute, Toronto, regarding the Buy American policies of president-elect Biden and the potential challenges these kind of preference have for Canadian suppliers to the American procurement market.
C D Howe Inst Memo – Joe Biden’s Buy American Agenda