Category Archives: CUSMA

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. Canada-US Trade Under President Biden

Investment Disputes in a Post-Pandemic World

This article is a summary of the state of investment disputes under the so-called Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS) systems in various treaties to which Canada is party. It looks at current win-loss record for Canada and deals with the phase out of NAFTA investment disputes under the new Canada-US-Mexico Trade Agreement or CUSMA. While these… Read More »

CUSMA – One Last Hurdle Remains

This was a commentary published in the Report on Business (Globe and Mail) on 8 April 2020. In the piece, I wonder why the Trump administration hasn’t provided the official notice needed to get the CUSMA into effect. I suspect much of it is related to the auto rules of orgin, something Mexico has also… Read More »

COVID-19 Crisis & Trump’s Export Controls

COVID-19 Crisis-Export Controls Not the Answer