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Phil Rourke, Executive Director of the Centre for Trade Policy and Law of Carleton University, argues that we must rethink how we respond to the Trump administration’s upheaval of the global economic order, as our “usual playbook”, based on logic and strategy, is not going to work.

Adam Posen, President of the Peterson Institute for International Economics, argues that the tariffs and the threats of the Trump administration are a fundamental shift in our economic regime that is going to cause heightened uncertainty.

Are we witnessing the end of our multilateral system of international trade? Professor Geneviève Dufour traces the origins of our multilateral trade system, which has been damaged by the “chaos” created by the Trump administration’s trade policies. Despite the imperfections of this system, she argues in favour of maintaining it – and improving it.

Legal or illegal, the tariffs imposed by the United States on Canadian products, including steel, aluminum and softwood lumber? Professor Geneviève Dufour, an expert in international trade, explores the concepts of tariffs and tariff schedules in light of the rules of the World Trade Organization and free trade agreements.