FBC Geopolitical Risk Working Group

Do We Have a Future-Oriented Trade Policy? The Critical Need for Accurate Data and Strategic Planning

Amid ongoing trade disruptions, government and business responses have largely focused on crisis response, leaving little time for comprehensive planning for the future of Canada–US trade. Compounding this challenge is uncertainty around the reliability of trade data. Without accurate, timely data, policies risk diverging from actual economic realities, potentially harming domestic industries and missing key opportunities for growth.

Are we shaping trade policy based on outdated or mistaken assumptions about which sectors and trading partners are advancing or falling behind? Are negotiations being driven by short-term irritants instead of long-term growth prospects? And what might a robust North American growth agenda look like?

The FBC Geopolitical Risk Working Group invites you to a conversation with trade and digital economy expert Danielle Goldfarb and trade policy expert Meredith Lilly, drawing on Goldfarb’s article Canada's…