Donald Trump's "Liberation Day" Tariffs
Members of the media may directly contact the following experts on this topic:
Patrick Leblond (English and French)
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, Faculty of Social Sciences
Patrick.Leblond@uottawa.ca
Professor Leblond’s expertise relates to global economic governance, including international money and finance, international economic integration and business-government relations. His focus includes North America, Europe and China.
Jason Garred (English only)
Assistant Professor, Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences
Jason.Garred@uottawa.ca
Professor Garred can speak to the tariffs impact on global supply chains and measures targeting China.
“A key goal of the tariffs appears to be to bring production of goods for the U.S. market back to the U.S. itself. But it’s likely that global supply chains will be reshaped in more complex ways, and not always as anticipated by those setting this policy.”
Errol Mendes (English only)
Full Professor, Faculty of Law – Common Law Section
emendes@uOttawa.ca
Professor Mendes’ research includes constitutional and human rights law, global governance, public international law.
“Carney is using the business language Trump understands, however, he is also using the wait until the worst happens with the so called "liberation day" mega tariffs Trump is promising before announcing the biggest retaliatory responses that Canada has with the existing tariffs that Canada is facing. What we have is a businessman and former banker using a form of the least worst option approach to an unstable and unreliable US partner.”
Benjamin Zyla(English only)
Associate Professor, School of International Development & Global Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences
Benjamin.Zyla@uottawa.ca
Professor Zyla can discuss the political impacts of “liberation day”, including Canada - U.S. relations and how it will impact the relationship with the European Union.
Isabelle Salle (English and French)
Canada Research Chair in Macroeconomicsnorth_eastexternal link and Associate Professor, Department of Economics, Faculty of Social Sciences.
isabelle.salle@gmail.com
Professor Salle’s research examines macroeconomic policies from a behavioral angle to understand how businesses and households react to policies. She has extensive research and policy experience in monetary policy, central bank communication and inflation dynamics.
Wolfgang Alschner (English and French)
Associate Professor, Faculty of Law – Common Law Section and School of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and the Hyman Soloway Chair in Business and Trade Law.
Wolfgang.Alschner@uottawa.ca
Professor Alschner’s areas of expertise include:
- Tariffs and trade policy generally
- WTO and multilateral trading system
- CUSMA
- US/China trade relations
European trade policy and CETA
Yongjing Zhang (English only)
Associate Professor, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, Faculty of Social Sciences
Yongjing.Zhang@uottawa.ca
Professor Zhang’s areas of expertise includes:
- Trade policy
- International Trade
- Economic policies
Michael Mulvey (English and French)
Assistant Professor, uOttawa Telfer School of Management
mulvey@telfer.uOttawa.ca
Professor Mulvey can offer consumer-centred perspectives, including how tariffs tax more than wallets, how they shape consumer emotions and shopping strategies and cross-border shopping, travel, and tourism.