Contributing Lawyers

Canada

Cyndee Todgham Cherniak
Michael Flavell
Geoff Kubrick

United States

Susan Kohn Ross

India

China

Thailand

Apisith John Southam

Korea

Next Critical Step at the WTO Talks - SERVICES!

The Honorable Sergio Marchi, Canada's former Ambassador to the WTO and currently a business advisor in Lang Michener LLP's International Trade Group and the Chairman of the Canadian Services Coalition has sent Trade Lawyers Blog...

Fewer Lobby Groups at Current WTO Negotiations

The Honourable Sergio Marchi, a business advisor to Lang Michener LLP and former Canadian Ambassador to the WTO and former International Trade Minister for Canada, send Trade Lawyers Blog the following article from the Financial...

Private Health Care Providers May See Opportunities on the Horizon in Quebec

On February 19, 2008, a task force  proposed “profound” changes to Quebec's health care system, including a greater role for the private sector.   The head of the task force is former Liberal minister and insurance...

Canadian Businesses Who Trade Services with the EU May Have A Right To Compensatory Relief

PLEASE READ CAREFULLY AS THERE MAY BE AN OPPORTUNITY TO RECEIVE COMPENSATORY RELIEF (THIS DOES NOT MEAN A PAYMENT OF MONEY)

The deadline for submitting views is January 4, 2008.

In the December 8, 2007 issue of the Canada...

Canada is Seeking Input From Interested Parties Regarding Canada-CARICOM FTA Negotiations

Canada is negitating a free trade agreement with the CARICOM countries (Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and...

Canada is Seeking Input From Interested Parties Regarding Canada-Dominican Republic FTA Negotiations

On June 7, 2007, the Government of Canada announced that it had commenced negotiations of a free trade agreement with the Dominican Republic.  In order to ensure that the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade...

Japan Starts to Fingerprint Foreign Travelers

Canada's Globe & Mail reported that on November 19, 2007, Japan began fingerprinting foreigners entering the country.  The measures are communicated to be based on an anti-terrorism policy.  Hisashi Toshioka,...

North American Competitive Council Leaders' Meeting

The U.S., Mexico and Canada continue to seek ways to increase competitiveness in the North American region. The last leaders' meeting was in August 2007. For more details about the results of that meeting, see...

Doha Round on Life Support?

Will the current APEC meeting revive the Doha Round? For one view, see this September 6, 2007 article from Commonwealth Publishing.

DOT Clears Mexican Trucks to the U.S.

On December 6, 2007, the U.S. Dept. of Transportation cleared Mexican trucks so they will now officially be allowed to travel beyond the border zones.

It has been reported that the first companies given permission to bring their...

Is the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative Hurting Canadian Tourism?

The Canadian tourism industry believes that the confusion concerning the Western Hemisphere Travel Initiative is discouraging Americans from making overnight trips to Canada.  The statistics may support their...