Public Panel:
Reshaping International Trade and Investment to Serve a Complex and Changing World

Wednesday, January 18, 2017
Westin Ottawa, Governor General III
5:00 pm to 7:00 pm

From unexpected US election results to UK citizens voting to leave the EU, 2016 marked a shift in the outlook for global economic activity and trade. As the new year begins, CIGI gathers top policy, legal and economic experts to discuss how to advance a progressive trade agenda in the face of the uncertainty and change over the past year.

While the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) was signed by Canada and the EU, this major Canadian trade initiative led to public protests in Europe and almost failed. Its ultimate ratification is still not assured. The Europe that Canada negotiated with seems likely to be diminished by the exit of the UK, Canada’s single largest EU trading partner. The US president-elect has said he will terminate the US commitment to the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), renegotiate North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the prospects for the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) seem dim.

This panel will explore what can we learn from these events and how to push a progressive trade agenda forward in 2017.

You are invited to a cocktail reception following the Public Panel (at 6:00pm).

Please RSVP by Tuesday, January 17, 2017, at noon Eastern time.