Clinic: Queen's/UOttawa, Spring 2019 Beneficiary: The Centre for Trade Policy & Law Executive Summary (The full report can be found here)* Objective Determine what provisions are likely to be included in the Investment Chapter of a Canada-UK Preferential Trade Agreement, assuming the UK proceeds with Brexit. Methods We examined the political and contextual factors that could help inform a post-Brexit Investment Chapter for both parties, as well as examined past agreements sig

How technology can facilitate user engagement with trade agreements Clinic: Queen's/UOttawa, Spring 2019 Beneficiary: TRALAC Executive Summary (The full report can be read here)* Trade agreements are often written in language that users cannot understand without guidance from trade experts. This language creates a knowledge-based trade barrier. The objective of this TradeLab project is to explore how technology can be used to make trade agreements more accessible so that thos

Using the ICSID Convention, the New York Convention, and/or an Alternative Method. Clinic: Queen's/UOttawa, Spring 2019 Beneficiary: Trade Law Bureau, Global Affairs Canada Summary of Issue Statements and Brief Answers (The full memo can be found here) * 1. Would a multilateral investment court’s (MIC) awards be enforceable using the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) Convention? Brief Answer: No, under the current ICSID Convention MIC awa

The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJ) is one of TradeLab's newest members. After conducting a Pilot Clinic in 2018, HUJ is now running a clinic during the summer of 2019. In its first year of activity, the Clinic prepared Memoranda on three disputes at the WTO, briefing a Member Government on possibilities for participation as a Third-Party, and prepared a Third-Party submission. For the second clinic, the Clinic is preparing Memoranda for two governments in the area of i