Past Event! Note: this event has already taken place.
JMCE Workshop: “Reassessing Economic Security: The EU’s Strategy, Transatlantic Challenges, and Opportunities for Canada-EU Cooperation”
May 30, 2025 at 9:00 AM to 12:30 PM
| Location: | Online with Zoom. |
| Cost: | Free |
The Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence and CN-Paul M. Tellier Chair on Business and Public Policy at University of Ottawa are very pleased to co-host the online workshop:
“Reassessing Economic Security: The EU’s Strategy, Transatlantic Challenges, and Opportunities for Canada-EU Cooperation”
The workshop will explore the European Union’s (EU) economic security priorities in a rapidly evolving global and transatlantic context, and will feature discussions on these key themes:
- The EU’s Economic Security Strategy: what it is, why it was developed, how it has performed to date, and how does it need to adapt to U.S. economic and security threats?
- Canada-EU Cooperation: how can and should both partners work together to enhance their shared economic security in light of Trump’s return to the White House?
Draft agenda: (update as of May 29)
9:00AM – 9:10AM Welcome: Patrick Leblond, University of Ottawa
9:10AM – 10:40AM Panel 1: The EU’s Economic Security Strategy
What it is, why it was developed, how it has performed to date, and how does it need to adapt to U.S. economic and security threats?
Moderator: Crina Viju (Carleton University)
Panelists: Wolfgang Alschner, (University of Ottawa)
Simon Evenett, (University of St Gallen)
Elvire Fabry (Jacques Delors Institute)
Francesca Ghiretti (RAND)
Niclas Poitiers (Bruegel)
10:40AM – 10:50AM Break
10:50AM – 12:30PM Panel 2: Canada-EU Cooperation
How can and should both partners work together to enhance their shared economic security in light of Trump’s return to the White House?
Moderator: Patrick Leblond (University of Ottawa)
Panelists: Marie Beaux (French Embassy in Canada) (LinkedIn)
Mark Camilleri (CEUTIA)
David Plunkett (International Trade Consultant) (LinkedIn)
This event is organized by Crina Viju, Director and Associate Professor, Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, Carleton University and Patrick Leblond, Professor and CN-Paul M. Tellier Chair in Business and Public Policy, University of Ottawa.
Registration is required to attend this workshop. Please complete the registration form by Friday, May 30th, 8:00 (EST-Ottawa, Canada):
Registration is now closed for this event.
We will send you the link to attend before the start of the workshop.
This Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence event is co-funded by the European Union and by Carleton University. The event is co-organized with the CN-Paul M Tellier Chair on Business and Public Policy at the University of Ottawa.