Conference
Trade-Offs: A History of Canada's Negotiating Trade Agreements With the United States, November 7th - 8th, 2018
Location: Massey College and Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto
Synopsis: A conference of academics, politicians and business practitioners to study and analyze the history of Canada’s efforts in negotiating past trade agreements, and assess the status of its current negotiations, with the United States. This critical assessment will be the basis of a series of broad guidelines for future trade negotiation efforts. This conference will be archived on the CBHA/ACHA YouTube channel. A book of the proceedings of the conference will be published and widely available in January 2019.
Sponsors: Deloitte Canada
Day 1: November 7th, 2018
- 6:00PMKeynote Reception and DinnerJoe Martin, President, CBHA/ACHA - WelcomeThe Honourable Hugh Segal, Principal, Massey College - IntroductionThe Honourable Jean Charest, Former Premier, Province of Quebec - Speaker
Day 2: November 8th, 2018
- 8:45AM - 9:00AMWelcomeTiff Macklem, Dean, Rotman School of Management
- 9:00AM - 10:30AMFraming of Free Trade and ProtectionismJoe Martin (Rotman School of Management) - A Historical OverviewStefano Tijerina (University of Maine) - Deja-vu From 1854Patrice Dutil and David Mackenzie (Ryerson University) - The Road to Reciprocity: 1911
- 10:30AM - 10:45AMComfort Break
- 10:45AM - 12:15PMThe Auto PactGreg Keenan (Globe & Mail)Andrei Sulzenko (Executive Fellow, School of Public Policy, University of Calgary)Eugene Beaulieu (Director, International Economics Program, The School of Public Policy, University of Calgary)
- 12:15PM - 1:30PMKeynote Luncheon SpeakerMartha Hall Findlay, President – Canada West Foundation
- 1:45PM - 3:00PMFree Trade Agreeement/North American Free Trade AgreementJoe Martin (Rotman School of Management) - ModeratorLarry Herman (Herman & Associates)John Weekes (Bennett Jones, Former Canadian Chief Negotiator, NAFTA and former Ambassador to the WTO)Walid Hejazi (Rotman School of Management)
- 3:00PM - 3:15PMComfort Break
- 3:15PM - 4:30PMThe FuturePatrice Dutil (Ryerson University) - Comparing the Nixon and Trump Shocks to Trade Between Canada and the United StatesJon MacKay (University of Waterloo) - Changing Patterns of Trade – Implications for the Future
- 4:30PM - 5:00PMClosing Summary and RemarksCraig Alexander (Chief Economist, Deloitte Canada)
- 5:00PM - 6:00PMCocktail Reception