OBA International Law PROGRAM | Original Program Date: October 14, 2020

On July 1, 2020, the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) entered into force, ushering in a range of changes to the regulation of trade across the North American trading bloc. A modernized version of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), CUSMA includes updates to many of NAFTA’s provisions, and covers areas and industries not previously addressed in NAFTA. A thorough understanding of CUSMA’s provisions is critical to understanding the new North American trading environment, and how it affects Canadian businesses and their commercial interests.

Join our expert panel for a wide-ranging discussion on CUSMA, including the following topics:

• Changes to CUSMA’s dispute settlement provisions, including state-state dispute settlement, investor-state dispute settlement, and dispute settlement under CUSMA’s Trade Remedies chapter
• An overview of CUSMA’s new Rapid-Response Labour Mechanism for the enforcement of labour rights
• Changes to CUSMA’s Market Access and Rules of Origin chapters, and how these changes affect certain industries
• Overview of CUSMA’s new chapter on Good Regulatory Practices, and how these new requirements affect commercial interests and consumers
• Discussion and overview of CUSMA’s new chapter on Digital Trade

Join us for this relevant and informative program!

PROGRAM CHAIRS

Jeremy D’Souza, Manager, Customs and International Trade, PwC LLP
Emily Tsui, University of Toronto Faculty of Law

PROGRAM SPEAKERS

Stacy-Paul Healy, Deputy Director and Senior Counsel, Trade Law Bureau, Global Affairs Canada
Jessica B. Horwitz, Associate, International Trade and Investment, Bennett Jones LLP
Martha Harrison, Partner, International Trade and Investment Law, McCarthy Tétrault LLP