International Trade & Investment

Navigating international trade demands more than legal expertise; it requires strategic foresight and a team who understands the complexity of doing business across borders.
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Overview

At Bennett Jones, we can help you navigate global trade challenges with clarity and confidence. More than ever, amid the recent US tariff policy disruptions and evolving risk landscape, you need experienced advisors with a track record across the full lifecycle of trade issues.

That’s where we come in. We can support you from advisory and compliance at the outset of a venture, to internal investigations involving sanctions, export controls and corruption exposure, through to defending your interests in Canada Border Services Agency compliance verifications and enforcement actions, anti-dumping and subsidizing investigations and inquiries, appeals, judicial reviews, and treaty arbitrations. We also advise on emerging trade risks tied to supply chain integrity and global human rights standards, helping you meet your legal requirements while maintaining stakeholder trust.

,,Bennett Jones demonstrates exceptional expertise in handling complex and sophisticated matters while understanding the reality of the client.,,

Chambers Canada

Select Experience

Providing Trade Law Bench Strength That Few Firms Can Match

Serving a Broad Client Base with Deep Sector Expertise

Taking a Seamless, Integrated Approach

Making Sense of Customs and Import Regulations

Navigating Trade Remedies

Supporting Treaty Law and Disputes

Anticipating Challenges with Export Controls and Economic Sanctions

Helping with Anti-Corruption, Investigations and Compliance

Guiding Government Procurement, Controlled Goods and Contract Security Processes

Delivering Strategies to Address Supply Chain, Human Rights and Sustainability

Client Work

Hyundai Electric & Energy Systems

in Canada's most complex anti-dumping case concerning special tariffs imposed on imports of power transformers from the Republic of Korea

Hyundai Steel Company

in its successful, precedent-setting defence of a Federal Court of Appeal application challenging the termination of anti-dumping duties, flowing from a WTO panel report that raised ...
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Amalgamated Dairies

in an application for judicial review of a Canada Border Services Agency decision denying duty relief for imported butter

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy

in successfully obtaining a rare regional exclusion from the duty finding in an anti-dumping and countervailing injury inquiry before the Canadian International Trade Tribunal concerning steel wind towers originating in China
A Canadian defence contractor and manufacturer of military and dual-use goods

Volkswagen PowerCo

in its location selection process for the $8.7 billion development of its first EV battery cell manufacturing plant in North America

Fine Home, Jiashan Foamtech Furniture and Dongguan Advantech Polyurethane Foam Products

in an expedited review of exporter-specific normal values, export prices and subsidy amounts related to Canadian anti-dumping and countervailing duties on Upholstered Domestic Seating

Chateau d'Ax USA, Eterno and Zhe Jiang Shengli Furniture

in an expedited review of exporter-specific normal values, export prices and subsidy amounts related to Canadian anti-dumping and countervailing duties on Upholstered Domestic Seating

G-III Apparel

in its successful appeal to the Canadian International Trade Tribunal concerning a precedent-setting Canada Border Services Agency decision regarding the requirements of Canadian subsidiaries ...
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Luxtona

in response to an application by Russia to set aside an interim arbitral award under the international Energy Charter Treaty

Retail Council of Canada

in its defence against an inquiry by the Canadian International Trade Tribunal alleging injurious dumping of upholstered domestic seating

Scentsy Canada Enterprises

in its successful appeal to the Canadian International Trade Tribunal of a decision by the Canada Border Services Agency concerning the appraisal methodology to calculate the value of duty of imported goods

Stone Canyon Industries Holdings and Kissner Group Holdings

in their US$3.2 billion acquisition of K+S Aktiengesellschaft's North and South American salt business, including Morton Salt and Windsor Salt

Lone Pine

in a US$120-million investor-state arbitration against the Government of Canada arising from the revocation of permits for Lone Pine to undertake shale gas exploration in the St. Lawrence River by the Province of Quebec

Recognitions

Chambers Canada

International Trade/WTO

Chambers Global

International Trade/WTO

Legal 500 Canada

International Expertise
International Trade

Global Investigations Review: GIR 100

Ranked as a leading firm globally in Investigations

At the centre of market-shaping deals and high-stakes disputes, Bennett Jones delivers clarity, strategy and results. Our cross-border teams turn complexity into progress, always focused on what drives your success.

The Bennett Jones Story

At Bennett Jones, legal solutions are our starting point. What drives us forward is knowing our clients inside and out—their ambitions, obstacles and success metrics.

For more than a century, we have shaped outcomes that matter in business, in law and in the broader Canadian landscape. And our commitment extends beyond legal matters: we invest deeply in the communities in which we live and work.