{"id":8170,"date":"2025-04-13T13:45:11","date_gmt":"2025-04-13T17:45:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/?p=8170"},"modified":"2025-05-22T11:31:40","modified_gmt":"2025-05-22T15:31:40","slug":"sondos-kataite-publishes-insightful-analysis-on-u-s-canada-trade-relations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/politicaleconomy\/2025\/sondos-kataite-publishes-insightful-analysis-on-u-s-canada-trade-relations\/","title":{"rendered":"Sondos Kataite Publishes Insightful Analysis on U.S.-Canada Trade Relations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Sondos Kataite Publishes Insightful Analysis on U.S.-Canada Trade Relations\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p>The Institute of Political Economy is proud to highlight the recent publication by current graduate student Sondos Kataite, whose article <em data-start=\"219\" data-end=\"292\">\u201cCanada\u2019s Secret Weapon in U.S. Trade War? Trump\u2019s Billionaire Backers\u201d<\/em> appears in the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the article, Kataite explores the underexamined financial entanglements between high-profile members of Donald Trump\u2019s former administration and Canadian business interests. She highlights figures such as Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman, and Deputy Secretary of Defense Stephen Feinberg &#8211; each of whom maintains substantial financial ties to Canada. Kataite argues that these links offer Canada an overlooked strategic lever in managing tensions and negotiations within the broader U.S. trade war context.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This publication stands as a powerful example of the type of policy-relevant, research-informed writing our students are producing. We celebrate Sondos for this important contribution and look forward to the ongoing impact of her work in the field of political economy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em data-start=\"1306\" data-end=\"1523\">Read the full article here: <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.policyalternatives.ca\/news-research\/canadas-secret-weapon-in-u-s-trade-war-trumps-billionaire-backers\/\" target=\"_new\" rel=\"noopener\" data-start=\"1335\" data-end=\"1522\">Canada\u2019s Secret Weapon in U.S. Trade War? Trump\u2019s Billionaire Backers<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Institute of Political Economy is proud to highlight the recent publication by current graduate student Sondos Kataite, whose article \u201cCanada\u2019s Secret Weapon in U.S. Trade War? Trump\u2019s Billionaire Backers\u201d appears in the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). 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