IBA Annual Conference Toronto 2025
2 Nov - 7 Nov 2025
Session information
Trade treaties and immigration: how does global trade impact business immigration?
Tuesday 4 November (0930 - 1045)
Committee(s)
Immigration and Nationality Law Committee
(Lead)
Description
This panel will discuss various trade agreements such as European Union- United Kingdom (Trade & Cooperation Agreement), Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), Mercosur, bilateral treaties, as well as the impact on business immigration policies, employer sponsorship and mobility provisions, challenges and opportunities for businesses, and future trends in trade and immigration law.
Session / Workshop Chair(s)
| Jacqueline Bart | BARTLAW LLP, Canadian Immigration Lawyers, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Vice Chair, Immigration and Nationality Law Committee |
Speakers
| Gerardo Canseco | Chevez Ruiz Zamarripa, Mexico City, Mexico |
| Laura Devine | Laura Devine Immigration, London, England; Communications Officer, Immigration and Nationality Law Committee |
| Adrian Ojeda-Cuevas | Ojeda Ojeda y Asociados, Mexico City, Mexico; Young Lawyers' Committee Liaison Officer, Immigration and Nationality Law Committee |
| Heather Segal | Segal Immigration Law, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |