Category Archives: National Security
Historic Shifts in Global Trade
Critical Trade Issues for Critical Minerals
In this paper published by the MacDonald Laurier Institute, I say Canada’s Export Control List should be enlarged to include critical minerals, which is not the case now. Second, I say that export controls are a vital strategic tool and that any Canadian critical minerals policy must include export controls as a major component of… Read More »
Sanctions in International Trade
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… Read More »
Huawei & Canadian National Security
Sanctions & Embargoes Update
Neighbourly relations with the U.S. are over
GLOBE & MAIL 31 May 2018 LAWRENCE L. HERMAN © 2018 Former Canadian diplomat, practices international trade law at Herman & Associates and is a Senior Fellow of the C.D. Howe Institute in Toronto. The Trump administration’s announcement of punitive tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum yesterday means we’re into a full-blown economic and… Read More »
Keeping Up With Sanctions – a Challenge
The Problem In concert with its western allies, Canada has instituted a series of trade and economic sanctions against Iran, Syria, Russia, plus about twenty other countries and failed states. These can be tricky seas to navigate for Canadians, doubly treacherous because of the criminal penalties involved when sanctions are transgressed. The challenges are compounded… Read More »
Trans-Pacific Trade and Cyber Security
There’s been concern expressed in some quarters about whether the TPP Agreement will limit the ability of governments to take public safety measures, in particular, to require disclosure of encryption information for national security reasons. The discussion has been focused on provisions on Chapter 8 of the TPPA covering Technical Barriers to Trade. Some are… Read More »