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William A. Dymond
Bio
William A.
Dymond has extensive trade negotiation and policy experience. Formerly the
Director-General of the Policy Planning Secretariat of the Department of Foreign
Affairs and International Trade, he also served as Senior Advisor, Trade
Negotiations Office for the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement; Chief Negotiator for
Canada for the OECD Multilateral Agreement on Investment (MAI); and Chief Air
Negotiator for Canada. His overseas assignments include Ambassador of Canada to
Brazil; Deputy Head and Minister Counselor, Permanent Mission of Canada to the
European Communities, Brussels; Minister Counselor (Commercial), Embassy of
Canada to the United States, Washington and First Secretary, Permanent Mission
of Canada to the United Nations, Geneva.
As Executive Director of the Centre for Trade Policy and Law, Mr. Dymond directs
a professional staff of 12 engaged in trade policy capacity building, research,
outreach and publication. Since assuming direction of the Centre in September
2000, Mr. Dymond has participated in trade policy capacity programs for the
World Bank, the Inter-American Development Bank, the UNCTAD and the APEC and
delivered CPTL programs in Bangladesh, China, Thailand and Central America.
Mr. Dymond’s publications include: "Core Labour Standards and the World Trade
Organization: Labour’s Love Lost", in Canadian Foreign Policy, Volume 8, No.3
(Spring 2001), 99-114"The MAI: A Sad and Melancholy Tale" in A Big League
Player? Canada Among Nations, Oxford University Press, 1999; co-author of
Decision at Midnight, University of British Colombia Press, 1994; "Sisyphus
Ascendant? Brazil and the 21st Century" in Canadian Foreign Policy, 1997;
"Globalization and the Negotiation of International Investment Rules in a
post-MAI World", Canadian Foreign Policy, Winter 2000; "Post-Modern Trade
Policy: Reflections on the Challenges to Multilateral Trade Negotiations after
Seattle", Journal of World Trade, June 2000 and "Core Labour Standards and the
World Trade Organization: Labour’s Love Lost" Canadian Foreign Policy, Spring
2001
Academic
Background
Areas
of Expertise
Present
Position (s)
Previous
Position (s)
Other
Activities and Memberships
Recent Publications
Publications
include:
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"The
MAI A Sad and Melancholy Tale" in A Big League Player? Canada Among
Nations, Oxford University Press, 1999
Co-author
of:
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Decision
at Midnight, University of British Colombia Press, 1994
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"Sisyphus
Ascendant? Brazil and the 21st Century" in Canadian Foreign Policy,
1997
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"Globalization
and the Negotiation of International Investment Rules in a post-MAI
World", Canadian Foreign Policy, Winter 2000
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"Post-Modern
Trade Policy Reflections on the Challenges to Multilateral Trade
Negotiations after Seattle", Journal of World Trade, June 2000
Current
Research Projects
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