{"id":105993,"date":"2025-11-13T08:35:50","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T13:35:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/?p=105993"},"modified":"2025-11-13T17:03:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T22:03:04","slug":"charting-canadas-trade-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/brock-news\/2025\/11\/charting-canadas-trade-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Gallery: Charting Canada\u2019s trade future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Government, academic and industry experts recently gathered at Brock University to explore how collaboration can drive resilience and innovation in a rapidly changing global trade environment.<\/p>\n<p>Hosted by the Goodman School of Business on Nov. 6, the 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/brocku.ca\/goodman\/cpa-centre\/symposiums\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CPA Ontario Centre for Public Policy and Innovation in Accounting symposium<\/a> featured a variety of distinguished speakers:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Flavio Volpe, President of the Automative Parts Manufacturers\u2019 Association<\/li>\n<li>Brian Clow, Former Deputy Chief of Staff and Lead Canada-U.S. Relations for former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau\u2019s Office<\/li>\n<li>Greg Kanargelidis, Senior Global Trade and Customs Lawyer<\/li>\n<li>Warrington Ellacott, Chair, Canadian Association of Importers and Exporters (IE Canada)<\/li>\n<li>Daniel Tisch Echevarria, President and CEO, Ontario Chamber of Commerce<\/li>\n<li>Brian Kingston, President and CEO, Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers\u2019 Association<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Topics covered throughout the day included government policy response, trade negotiations with the Trump administration, and strategies for managing tariff uncertainty and trade barriers.<\/p>\n\n\t    <style type='text\/css'>\n\t        #gallery-456484132 {\n\t            margin: 0 auto 50px auto !important;\n\t\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-456484132 ul {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: 0 !important; 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