International Trade Law

Based on a story by Perry King

SJD student Mariam Olafuyi has been awarded an emerging academic award at the third annual African Scholars Awards ceremony. 

The awards, created by the University of Toronto’s African Alumni Association, recognize the winners for their commitment to building and strengthening communities inside and outside U of T in ways that promote diversity, inclusivity and innovation. Twenty-five students, faculty, staff and alumni received awards at an event at the William Waters Lounge in Woodsworth College.

In a commentary in the Globe and Mail, Prof. David Schneiderman argues that there are compelling to revisit Canada’s participation in the investor-state dispute settlement agreements that are part of most trade treaties ("How to make investment agreements more progressive: stop signing them," October 27, 2018).

Read the full commentary on the Globe and Mail website, or below.

Renowned law and economics scholar University Professor Michael Trebilcock will present a paper, “The Fracturing of the Post-War Free Trade Consensus: The Challenges of Constructing a New Consensus,” at the International Monetary Fund’s conference “Meeting Globalization’s Challenges,” October 11, 2017, in Washington, DC.

The University of Toronto is the only Canadian postsecondary institution participating among a global list of panelists.

In an extended one-on-one interview with host Steve Paikin, Prof. David Schneiderman discussed the rules of international trade and investment on TVO's flagship public affairs program, The Agenda with Steve Paikin, on May 8, 2017.

In a commentary in the Globe and Mail, Prof. Ariel Katz analyzes the constitutional implications of a decision by the German Federal Constitutional Court about CETA, the Canada-European Union free trade agreement ("CETA could put Canada between a rock and constitutional hard places," October 25, 2016).

Read the full commentary on the Globe and Mail website, or below.

By Terry Lavender

“I felt I needed to be informed by the academic community’s
thinking on trade issues,” Chrystia Freeland said
(all photos by Arnold Lan)

The Journal of International Law and International Relations (JILIR) has published a special issue based on the 2014 Katherine Baker Memorial Lecture delivered by Anne Orford, Michael D Kirby Chair of International Law, Melbourne Law School. Prof. Orford spoke about "Food Security, the World Trade Organisation, and the Social State."

In a commentary in the Toronto Star, Prof. Ariel Katz and LLM student Liran Kandinov argue that changes to copyright terms proposed in the Trans-Pacific Trade Agreement would violate the Charter of Rights and Freedoms ("TPP trades away our constitutional rights," October 28, 2015).

Read the full commentary on the Toronto Star website, or below.

Distinguished Visiting Professor Matthew Rimmer researches and teaches intellectual property and innovation law at the Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Australia, and was named one of Managing IP's 50 most influential intellectual property people in 2014. At the Faculty of Law this fall, he taught the intensive course, The Trans-Pacific Partnership: Intellectual Property and Trade. Nexus executive editor Lucianna Ciccocioppo interviewed Prof.