TRADEPOL Conference: “The New Politics of International Trade in North America and Europe”
November 23, 2026 at 9:00 AM to 5:30 PM
| Location: | Senate Room, 6th floor room 608 Pigiarvik (ᐱᒋᐊᕐᕕᒃ) |
| Cost: | Free |
The Research Network of International Trade in North America and Europe (TRADEPOL) will host an opening conference, “The New Politics of International Trade in North America and Europe”, featuring a special guest speaker and four panels of international experts discussing the impacts of trade wars, economic coercion, and increased trade-related political contestation.
Draft agenda (as of November 2, 2026)
9:00-9:30 | Welcome & Introduction
- Mary Francoli (Dean, Faculty of Public and Global Affairs, Carleton University): Welcoming remarks
- Achim Hurrelmann (Carleton University): The TRADEPOL research agenda
9:30-10:30 | Guest Speaker
- Yasir Naqvi, MP (Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of International Trade and Secretary of State for International Development)
10:30-10:45 | Coffee Break
10:45-12:15 | Research Panel 1: Which Actors and Arenas Matter in Trade Governance?
- Chair: Patrick Leblond (University of Ottawa)
- Jörg Broschek (Wilfrid Laurier University): Reactivating “Team Canada”: A Robust Intergovernmental Approach to Trade Governance?
- Marcela López-Vallejo (University of Guadalajara): Subnational Governance and the USMCA: Beyond Intergovernmental Relations
- Odile Feltkamp (Maastricht University): Who Implements the EU’s Geoeconomic Agenda?
- Scott Hamilton (University of Antwerp): Silence, Not Salience: Sectoral Preferences and Policymaker Positions on the EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism
12:15-13:00 | Lunch Break
13:00-14:30 | Research Panel 2: Which Policy Priorities are Linked to International Trade?
- Chair: Laura Macdonald (Carleton University)
- Damian Raess (Université Laval): The Enforcement of Labour Provisions in Preferential Trade Agreements
- Anna Herranz-Surrallés (Maastricht University): The Impact of (Clean) Energy Geopolitics on Trade and Investment: Evidence from EU Trade Agreements and Global Gateway
- Gabriel Siles-Brügge (University of Bristol): “Is There Enough Evidence?” Health Promotion and Knowledge Practices at the World Trade Organization
- Francesco Duina (Bates College): The Challenge of Animal Rights: Lessons from the EU-Mercosur Trade Deal
14:30-14:45 | Coffee Break
14:45-16:15 | Research Panel 3: Which New Patterns of International Cooperation and Conflict Have Developed?
- Chair: Meredith Lilly (Carleton University)
- Andreas Dür (University of Salzburg): The Geopoliticization of Trade Policy
- Kristen Hopewell (University of British Columbia): The Crisis in the Trading System
- Dirk De Bièvre (University of Antwerp): Why Has EU-US Trade Cooperation Become So Difficult?
- Antonio Ortiz-Mena (Georgetown University): How Do Trade Barriers Impact Development and Poverty Reduction?
16:15-16:30 | Coffee Break
16:30-17:30 | Policy Roundtable: What Remains of the Inclusive Trade Agenda?
- Chair: Stuart Trew (Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives)
- Matthew Foss (Canadian Council for Indigenous Business)
- Guio Jacinto (United Steelworkers)
- Karen Hansen-Kuhn (Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy)
- Susana Duque (Mexican Business Council for Foreign Trade, Investment and Technology)
Registration is required to attend the conference.
To register, please go to the TRADEPOL event page here.
TRADEPOL is funded through a Partnership Grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) and housed in Carleton’s Centre for European Studies (CES).