PURCHASE
Publication | Archived Video
DESCRIPTION
Understand the characteristics and impacts of new generation trade agreements such as the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA), the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), and the Canada-China Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA) and the modernization of the Agreement on Internal Trade (AIT). Also hear from our expert speakers on important issues in Investor-State Dispute Settlements (ISDS), including jurisdictional issues that your clients need to be aware of, such as their standing to bring a claim under international trade and investment agreements, and interpretation and review standards.
PROGRAM CHAIR
Michael Solursh, Ministry of Economic Development Employment & Infrastructure
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA)
Chapter 10. Investment
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Chapter 11. Investment
Foreign investment Promotion and Protection Agreements: Agreement Between the Government of Canada and the Government of the People's Republic of China for the Promotion and Reciprocal Protection of Investments
‘Correctness' as the Proper Standard of Review Applicable to ‘True' Questions of Jurisdiction in the Set-Aside of Treaty-Based Investor-State Awards
Céline Lévesque, Dean, Civil Law Section, University of Ottawa
The United Mexican States v. Cargill, Incorporated
Key Jurisdictional Issues
Christophe Bondy, Senior Counsel and Deputy Director, Trade Law Bureau, Government of Canada
St Marys VCNA, LLC v. Government of Canada
Canada's Brief Outline of Jurisdictional and Substantive Defences
August 31,2012
St Marys VCNA, LLC v. Government of Canada
NAFTA Dispute - Report on Inadvertent Disclosure of Privileged Documents
Detroit International Bridge Company v. The Government of Canada
Award on Jurisdiction, April 2, 2015
Federal Commercial Arbitration Act
Mexico v. Metalclad Corp.
The standard of review applied to government measures by international tribunals compared to domestic courts
Myriam Seers, Torys LLP