Mark Warner Was Interviewed on CTV Your Morning About the Trade Effects of the U.S.-Iran Battle for Control Over the Strait of Hormuz

Mark Warner was interviewed on CTV Your Morning about the continuing the U.S.-Iran battle for control of the Strait of Hormuz increases global trade uncertainty and the risks of global inflation. (July 15, 2026) 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 previously worked on trade and competition issues as counsel in the OECD Trade Directorate in Paris, and represented the OECD at meetings of the WTO Working Groups on Trade and Competition Policies and Trade and Investment Policies.

Mark provides international trade and investment law advice to natural resources clients on trade agreements, trade remedies, sanctions, export and import controls, anti-corruption, corporate social responsibility and compliance issues as a colleague at Pilot Law LLP which provides comprehensive legal services for developing resource businesses in the mining, energy and renewables sectors. He participated in an international arbitration relating to the expropriation of the assets of a U.S.-based oil company in Libya and related issues under applicable sanctions and foreign asset control rules.

Mark was Legal Director of the Ontario Ministry of Economic Development & Trade and the Ministry of Research & Innovation and advised on economic development, research and innovation grants and loans to corporations, including Huawei. As MEDT Legal Director, he led Ontario’s legal team for trade negotiations, advised on trade disputes and various NAFTA Chapter 11 investor-state arbitration matters.

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.