Mark Warner Was Featured on CBC News Talking About Trump’s New H-1B Visa Fee, Prime Minister Carney’s Visit to Mexico and Falling Interest Rates

Mark Warner was featured on the CBC News Weekend Business Panel talking about President Trump’s new H1-B visa fee and possible impacts on Canada, Canadian Prime Minister Carney’s Mexican adventure and possible implications for diversifying trade and for the upcoming USMCA review, and falling interest rates in Canada and the United States. (September 20, 2025) Mr. Warner is a Canadian and U.S. lawyer who has practiced in Toronto, Washington, D.C., New York and Brussels and has advised governments on trade policy and trade negotiations and has previously worked on trade and competition issues as counsel in the OECD Trade Directorate, where he participated in the negotiations of the Multilateral Agreement on Investment and represented the OECD at meetings of the WTO Working Group on Trade and Competition Policy and the Working Group on Trade and Investment.

Mr. Warner was Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade and advised Ontario in the CETA negotiations, including with respect to Cross Border Trade in Services; Temporary Entry and Stay of Natural Persons for Business Purposes, Mutual Recognition of Professional Qualifications, and Regulatory Cooperation. As Legal Director also led Ontario’s legal team for the negotiation of the Canada-U.S. Agreement on Government Procurement, advised on trade disputes (including the Green Energy Act and softwood lumber) and various NAFTA Chapter 11 investor-state arbitration matters  and led the Province’s legal team for the insolvency / restructuring of General Motors and Chrysler.

Mark is a past Chair of the International and Economics Committees of the American Bar Association Section of Antitrust Law as well as a member of the Section’s Task Forces on Competition Policy and NAFTA and Antitrust in the Global Economy. In addition to being a lawyer, Mr. Warner has a Masters Degree in Economics from the University of Toronto. He was co-author of a leading Canadian trade law treatise.