Western University has the following experts available to media to discuss the impacts of a potential trade war on the economy, trade and supply chains, buying Canadian and Canada-U.S. relations.
Chios Carmody
Professor, Law; Canadian National Director, Canada-United States Law Institute
Areas of expertise: Legality of Trump’s tariff threats, international law, international trade law and international business transactions.
Mark Cleveland
Professor, DAN Department of Management and Organizational Studies; Dancap Private Equity Chair in Consumer Behaviour
Areas of expertise: Buying Canadian, consumer behaviour, marketing and consumer psychology.
Fraser Johnson
Professor, Ivey Business School; Leenders Supply Chain Management Association Chair
Areas of expertise: Impact of tariffs on supply chains, impact of tariffs on the automotive sector, supply chains and food prices.
Mahmood Nanji
Lawrence Centre Policy Fellow, Ivey Business School
Areas of expertise: Budgets and policy, tariffs, interprovincial trade, development of budgets, tax administration; former Associate Deputy Minister at Ontario’s Ministry of Finance.
Ananth Ramanarayanan
Associate Professor, Economics
Areas of expertise: Impact of tariffs on Canada’s economy and trade, international trade, international macroeconomics.
Andreas Schotter
Professor, Ivey Business School
Areas of expertise: Canada-U.S. trade relations, impact of tariffs, international business, emerging markets.
Laura Stephenson
Professor, Political Science
Areas of expertise: Trump’s impact on Canadian politics, voter attitudes and public opinion, electoral engagement with politics.
Stephen Williamson
Professor, Economics; Stephen A. Jarislowsky Chair in Central Banking
Areas of expertise: Economic impact of tariffs, financial economics, monetary economics, macroeconomics, former Bank of Canada Fellow 2018-2022.
MEDIA CONTACT:
Justin Zadorsky, Media Relations Officer, Western University, 226.377.1673 (mobile), jzadorsk@uwo.ca.