{"id":8359,"date":"2025-02-02T22:21:57","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T03:21:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/?post_type=cu_event&#038;p=8359"},"modified":"2025-03-03T14:16:39","modified_gmt":"2025-03-03T19:16:39","slug":"up-our-game-canada-confront-u-s-tariffs","status":"publish","type":"cu_event","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/event\/up-our-game-canada-confront-u-s-tariffs\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Up Our Game Canada: Confront U.S. Tariffs&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"mb-6 cu-pageheader cu-component-updated md:mb-12\">\n    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 pb-5 after:w-10 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px\">\n        \n    <\/h1>\n    \n        <\/header>\n\n    \n    \n    \n    \n    <div class=\"cu-buttongroup cu-component-updated flex flex-wrap md:flex-1 gap-3 md:gap-5 justify-start\">\n                                                                        <\/div>\n    \n<p>Canada is facing its most significant economic threat in 30 years.&nbsp; On Saturday, February 1, U.S. President Donald Trump imposed a 10% tariff on Canadian energy products and a 25% tariff on all other goods. These tariffs will take effect on Tuesday, February 4. In response, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced retaliatory tariffs of 25% on $155 billion of U.S. imports\u2014$30 billion of which will take effect on February 4, with the remaining $125 billion following in 21 days.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These measures will disrupt supply chains, increase costs for manufacturers and consumers, cause job losses, slow economic growth, and create long-term uncertainty. <strong>Canadian small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)&nbsp;will be hit the hardest.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To take action, the TIM team is launching the &#8220;Up Our Game Canada: Confront U.S. Tariffs&#8221; program at TIM@Kanata on Friday, February 21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This initiative will provide Canadian SMEs with practical strategies through professional development modules, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Short-term cost reduction<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Immediate measures to offset tariff impacts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Market diversification<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Expanding beyond U.S. dependence<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Long-term adjustments<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Investment-driven, sustainable solutions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Collaboration and advocacy<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Collective action to influence trade policies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Value-added and differentiation<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 Enhancing product appeal to maintain competitiveness<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Each module includes a video, transcript, slide deck, workbook, and workshop, leveraging AI tools for effective active learning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our goal is to make this program available nationwide&nbsp;by partnering with chambers of commerce, economic development organizations, colleges, and universities across Canada\u2014ensuring SMEs from coast to coast to coast&nbsp;have access to the training resources they need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>We need all the help we can get!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com\/e\/1221339201429?aff=oddtdtcreator\">Register Now<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_event_type":[26],"cu_event_audience":[],"class_list":["post-8359","cu_event","type-cu_event","status-publish","hentry","cu_event_type-events"],"acf":{"cu_event_start_date":"2025-02-21T10:00:00","cu_event_end_date":"2025-02-21T13:00:00","cu_event_location_type":"in-person","cu_event_meeting_address_type":"on-campus","cu_building":false,"cu_event_meeting_room":"","cu_event_meeting_address_full":null,"cu_event_virtual_type":"tbd","cu_event_virtual_meeting_link":"","cu_post_thumbnail":false,"cu_event_cost":"","cu_event_registration":"","cu_event_secondary_button":"","cu_event_contact_name":"","cu_event_email":"","cu_event_phone":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/8359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_event"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/8359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8362,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event\/8359\/revisions\/8362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_event_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event_type?post=8359"},{"taxonomy":"cu_event_audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/innovationhub\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_event_audience?post=8359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}