Donald Trump's tariffs on Canada
Members of the media may directly contact the following experts on this topic:
Adelphe Ekponon
Assistant Professor, Telfer School of Management
Ekponon@telfer.uottawa.ca
Professor Adelphe Ekponon’s research examines how theoretical and empirical methods in macroeconomic affect pricing and finance.
“In the short-run, U.S. tariffs will mostly have negative impacts on Canada with lower exports and higher prices can lead to an economic recession, job losses and a weaker Canadian dollar.”
Hal Hilfi
Adjunct Professor, Faculty of Engineering
hhilfi2@uottawa.ca
Professor Hilfi’s expertise lies in the principles of Operations Management, including supply chain management, operations strategy, process improvement, quality management, and lean methodologies.
Geneviève Dufour
Full Professor, Faculty of Law - Civil Law Section
Professor Dufour's research focuses on free trade issues and trade interactions.
Errol Mendes
Full Professor, Faculty of Law - Common Law Section
Professor Mendes can comment from a legal point of view.
"Retaliatory tariffs may not be enough to get Trump to drop the tariffs, Canada needs to threaten to stop all rare minerals needed for key U.S. electric vehicles and communications technology, impose an export levy on all oil products , sectors vital to the U.S. economy."
Jennifer Quaid
Assistant professor, Civil Law, Faculty of Law
Professor Quaid can comment on:
- Questions related to competition law, and in particular questions related to mergers and acquisitions that might involve US companies seeking to do deals in Canada.
- Questions of business regulation and how the trade dispute between the US and Canada might affect Canada’s capacity to impose regulations that diverge from US regulations. Possible areas of interest lie in the regulation of AI, media (especially Canadian content), and environmental protection.
- Canada’s ability to enforce its laws against US-based companies with substantial economic power and influence in the US, such as the tech giants.