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US/Canada tensions - 大象传媒 experts available
As President Trump continues to threaten Canada with tariffs, and issues far-reaching executive orders, 大象传媒 experts are available to comment on a range of relevant topics. These include the potential economic impacts of various tariffs, the 鈥楤uy Canadian鈥� movement, enhancing Canadian food security through advances in agricultural technology, changes to transgender rights and eligibility in sports, and Trump's foreign policy moves.
TARIFFS:
STEEVE MONGRAIN, professor, economics
mongrain@sfu.ca
Expertise: Public economics, law and economics, taxation, economic policies.
ANDREY PAVLOV, professor, finance, Beedie School of Business
apavlov@sfu.ca
Expertise: Implications of policy announcements for the economy, both in the U.S. and Canada.
NICOLAS SCHMITT, professor, economics
schmitt@sfu.ca
Expertise: International trade, industrial organization, tariffs.
TRANSGENDER RIGHTS
TRAVERS, professor, sociology/anthropology
atravers@sfu.ca
Expertise: Transgender people/rights, including trans children and youth, and transgender athletes and female eligibility policies.
FOOD SECURITY
WOO SOO KIM, professor, School of Mechatronic Systems Engineering
woosook@sfu.ca
Expertise: the importance of food security and agritech.
Comments:
In response to the executive orders from the Trump administration, Canada can enhance food security by implementing strategic policies and fostering collaboration. "Agritech" contributes to food security much by improving productivity through combination of precision farming and sustainable Indigenous practices, leveraging big data and AI for better decision-making, and optimizing supply chains to connect producers and consumers more efficiently. The key may be global collaboration that can support Canada鈥檚 efforts in achieving food security.
FOREIGN POLICY
JAMES HORNCASTLE, assistant professor, humanities, Edward and Emily McWhinney Professor in International Relations
jhorncas@sfu.ca
Expertise: International relations; US foreign policy moves.
CONTACT
WILL HENDERSON, 大象传媒 Communications & Marketing
604.368.2532 | will_henderson@sfu.ca
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