Master of Laws (LLM) and Concentration International Trade and Foreign Investment

About this programme

The public international law governing international trade and investment is central to the workings of our interdependent economies. Almost all countries have trade and investment relationships with their neighbors, or within wider groupings. Regional trade agreements and bilateral investment agreements number in the thousands, and the World Trade Organisation (WTO) has attained a pre-eminence few international organizations can claim. Yet, international trade and investment law has an impact well beyond the purely “economic” sphere and is a key component of the resolution of global issues. For instance, problems related to climate change cannot be resolved satisfactorily without reference to trade and investment disciplines. Even the task of dealing with global health issues has required at times an incursion into trade and investment law. The LL.M. with concentration in International Trade and Foreign Investment Law provides students with the public international law foundations underpinning international economic governance and enables them to study and work on these critical issues, with the comparative advantage of being situated in Canada’s capital. Students benefit from the close proximity of the Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, the Canadian International Trade Tribunal, private law firms with trade and investment practices and NGOs interested in global issues, and the relationships that many of our faculty members have with such organizations. This program relies on the knowledge and expertise of over ten faculty members who teach and conduc