Dentons Webinar: Are the walls going up? Trade and investment in the post-pandemic world

Wednesday, June 17, 2020

12-1:15 p.m. EDT

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The post-war international consensus, resulting in the creation of the IMF, the World Bank and the WTO, has been increasingly challenged in recent years. The pandemic has accelerated calls for self-sufficiency and protectionism. The march towards ever-increasing international integration and global supply chains is being questioned more than ever. How will these trends manifest in the legal frameworks for trade and investment post-pandemic? Against this backdrop, please join us for a one-hour complimentary webinar where we will discuss:

• Foreign investment review
  • Will more barriers to foreign investment be erected in Canada?
  • Will national security review be applied to investments in sectors well beyond traditional areas of national security concerns (military, defence, telecom, sensitive technology) to encompass a broad range of sectors (e.g., health-related products, scarce natural resources)?
  • Will foreign investments in certain sectors effectively require proof of significant benefit to Canada to overcome concerns about “self-sufficiency”? What terms might apply?
  • What obstacles to foreign investment are being established in other major jurisdictions?
• International trade
  • Are more tariff and non-tariff barriers likely to emerge?
  • What will be the lasting impact of the pandemic on supply chains?
  • What is happening at the WTO? What is its role in a crisis like this?
  • Will the pandemic affect the implementation of the USMCA? Will it impact other trade agreements?
  • Crisis in the energy sector: Is a North American fortress approach possible?

Please confirm your attendance by Monday, June 15, 2020

We hope you can join us!

CPD/CLE Accreditation

LSBC: This session is registered for one Substantive Hour with the Law Society of British Columbia.

LSO: This program is eligible for up to one Substantive Hour with the Law Society of Ontario.

Barreau du Québec: An application for verification of eligibility has been submitted to the Barreau du Québec

Questions

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