Canadians are once again waiting to see if U.S. President Donald Trump will be following through with planned tariffs on Canadian goods on Tuesday, March 4. Western University has the following experts available to media to discuss the impacts of a trade war on the economy, trade and supply chains, buying Canadian and Canada-U.S. relations.
Impacts of tariffs
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.
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.
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.
Energy Policy and Tariffs
Associate Professor, Ivey Business School; Director, Ivey Energy Policy and Management
Areas of expertise: Ontario’s response via energy taxes, energy policy and economics, agricultural economics, environmental economics.
International Trade and Law
Chios Carmody
Professor, Law; Canadian National Director, Canada-United States Law Institute
Can conduct interviews in both English and French
Areas of expertise: Legality of Trump’s tariff threats, international law, international trade law and international business transactions.
Jennifer Farrell
Assistant Professor, Law
Areas of expertise: Digital services taxes, tax-related World Trade Organization law, and international tax law.
Interprovincial Trade and Consumer Boycotts
Mark Cleveland
Professor, DAN Department of Management and Organizational Studies; Dancap Private Equity Chair in Consumer Behaviour
Areas of expertise: Buying Canadian, consumer boycotts, consumer behaviour, marketing and consumer psychology.
Mahmood Nanji
Lawrence Centre Policy Fellow, Ivey Business School
Areas of expertise: Tariffs, interprovincial trade, development of budgets, tax administration; former Associate Deputy Minister at Ontario’s Ministry of Finance.
Romel Mostafa
Assistant Professor, Ivey Business School; Director, Lawrence National Centre for Policy and Management
Areas of expertise: Interprovincial trade, Ontario competitiveness, international business and economics, economic policy, industrial evolution and policy.
Political Impact and Leadership
Mary Crossan
Professor, Ivey Business School
Areas of expertise: What makes a good leader, leadership character, strategic management.
Matt Lebo
Professor, Political Science
Areas of expertise: Trump’s governing style, American domestic politics, the presidency, congressional elections and political parties in Congress.
Laura Stephenson
Professor and Chair, Political Science
Areas of expertise: Trump’s impact on Canadian politics, voter attitudes and public opinion, electoral engagement with politics.
MEDIA CONTACT:
Justin Zadorsky, Media Relations Officer, Western University, 226.377.1673 (mobile), jzadorsk@uwo.ca.
