Mark Warner Interviewed About the United Kingdom Triggering Brexit Negotiations with the EU

Mark Warner was interviewed on CBC’s On the Money about the triggering of the “Article 50” process to launch negotiations for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union and the implications for Canada from Brexit. (March 29, 2017) Mr. Warner was Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade and advised Ontario in the Canada-European Union (EU) Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) negotiations and on several NAFTA Chapter 11 Investor-State arbitrations. Mr. Warner, a Canadian and U.S. lawyer, has previously worked on trade and competition issues as counsel in the OECD Trade Directorate. As a partner in a leading boutique law firm in Brussels specializing in European and international law, Mr. Warner negotiated with European Commission Competition officials the first ever notified merger of companies from accession countries (Polish and Czech oil companies) following EU expansion in 2004.