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From the definitive practitioner's guide to NAFTA to the leading digest of investor-state decisions and a body of work on the digital economy.

1998–present
Appleton Investor State Reports
Thomson Reuters / Westlaw

Editor-in-Chief of the authoritative Thomson Reuters digest of investor-state arbitration decisions — the leading research tool for international arbitration practitioners worldwide.

Digest
1994
Navigating NAFTA: A Concise User's Guide to the North American Free Trade Agreement
Lawyers Cooperative Publishing / Carswell

The definitive practitioner's guide to NAFTA, published the year the Agreement came into force. Widely used by counsel, businesses, and policy-makers.

Book
2007
NAFTA: Legal Text and Interpretative Materials (Three Volumes)
West Publishing

A comprehensive three-volume edition of the NAFTA legal texts with interpretative materials — the authoritative reference for practitioners engaged in treaty work.

Book
2025
Algorithmic Empire and the New Digital Colonialism
The International Lawyer · ABA

A major doctrinal article examining how dominant digital platforms and algorithmic systems reproduce colonial power structures under international economic law, and the treaty frameworks available to respond.

Article
2025
Lex Data
International Arbitration Review

First article in the "Digital Procedural Constitution" trilogy, examining the international rules governing data in arbitration — discovery, privacy, and cross-border data obligations.

Series
2026
Lex AI
International Arbitration Review

Second in the trilogy: the emerging lex arbitri for artificial intelligence in international arbitration — AI-generated evidence, AI counsel tools, and the obligations of parties using AI.

Series
2026
Arbitration Hacked
International Arbitration Review

Third in the "Digital Procedural Constitution" trilogy: cybersecurity obligations in international arbitration, the duty to protect arbitral data, and liability for disclosure.

Series
2025
Digital Dominion (Six-Part Series)
National Post

A six-part series on Canadian digital sovereignty, cloud jurisdiction, and the legal challenges of data sovereignty in an era of extraterritorial US law.

Series
2026
Know Your Ground: Canada's Legal Rights Under CUSMA
SSRN · Balsillie School of International Affairs

Analysis of Canada's substantive legal rights and available remedies under CUSMA in the context of the 2026 review and US trade pressure.

Read on SSRN
Paper
2026
No Going Back: CUSMA and the Terms of Re-engagement
SSRN · Balsillie School of International Affairs

Companion paper to "Know Your Ground" — examining the conditions and legal architecture for any renegotiation or amendment of CUSMA trade obligations.

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Paper
2025
Whose Law Governs Canadian Data?
Balsillie School of International Affairs

A briefing paper on the CLOUD Act's implications for Canadian digital sovereignty — widely distributed to Canadian parliamentarians and policy-makers.

Paper
2026
Testimony: Critical Minerals and Digital Trade
Office of the US Trade Representative · Docket USTR-2026-0034

Expert testimony before the USTR on Canadian and foreign interests in critical-minerals trade and the digital-trade provisions of CUSMA at the 2026 review.

Testimony
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