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Trade and Sanctions in the New Dynamic: Dentons Revisits its Pick of Canadian Regulatory Trends to Watch in 2020

By Sean Stephenson and Paul Lalonde
September 11, 2020
  • International Trade
  • Public Policy and Regulation
  • Regulatory
  • Trade and Economic Sanctions
  • Trade, WTO and Customs
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Back in February, we published our Dentons’ Pick of Canadian Regulatory Trends to Watch in 2020. In the comprehensive publication, Dentons’ team of leading regulatory lawyers forecasted key trends for 2020. Within a month of the original publication, the worldwide pandemic had struck and changed the way we work and live. While the long-term repercussions on Canada’s regulatory landscape is yet to be determined, our authors have revisited their predictions in light of the evolving state of play.

Read our first two articles in this series where we survey the Trade and Economic Sanctions landscape approaching the last few months of this unprecedented year.

Trade trends update 2020

Since early 2020, there have been three major drivers to the trade agenda: COVID-19, the rapid deterioration and corresponding decoupling of the US-China relationship, and the US’s continued nationalist approach to trade. We underline that most international trade, notwithstanding these major drivers, including goods and services crossing borders, trade agreements, and related disputes, continues to work in the normal course. That said, it is crucial to properly take into account the emerging forces impacting trade to ensure your business is prepared for a consistently evolving international landscape.

Read the full article here.

Sanctions trends update 2020

Canada continues to monitor and enforce its sanctions regime and continues to use and update sanctions to respond to international and geopolitical events. So far, in 2020, Canada has made several notable changes, which include a significant revision of Canada’s UN sanctions regime.

Read the full article here.

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Sean Stephenson

About Sean Stephenson

Sean Stephenson is a senior associate in our Corporate group, where he focuses on international trade, investment, anti-corruption, procurement and public international law. Throughout his practice, Sean has gained extensive experience in investment treaty arbitrations, including acting in multiple cases under the UNCITRAL Arbitration Rules with respect to all phases of proceedings in complex disputes in the Americas and Europe. He has acted in and advised on cases under the NAFTA, CAFTA-DR and bilateral investment treaties in a large number of sectors.

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Paul Lalonde

About Paul Lalonde

Paul Lalonde joined Dentons Canada LLP’s Toronto office in 2014 as a Partner. He focuses on government contracting law, international trade, anti-corruption and international arbitration. Mr. Lalonde is one of Canada’s leading experts on government procurement. He has represented clients in numerous government contracting disputes, including before the Canadian International Trade Tribunal, the Federal Court of Canada and provincial tribunals. His expertise encompasses anti-dumping and countervail investigations, customs, import and export controls, international sanctions, anti-corruption compliance and investigations and international business.

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