Errol Mendes (English only)
Full Professor, Faculty of Law – Common Law Section
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Professor Mendes ’ research includes constitutional and human rights law, global governance, public international law.
“Despite Canada and Prime Minister Mark Carney's efforts for a rational trade relations with the U.S., this is the work of a bully thinking Canada and most countries apart from China and the E.U. are meek and he can threaten economic death. Canada should strike back with its own tariffs and export controls on critical minerals, along with possible export fees on oil and gas.”
Michael Mulvey (English and French)
Assistant Professor, uOttawa Telfer School of Management
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Professor Mulvey can offer consumer-centred perspectives, including how tariffs tax more than wallets, how they shape consumer emotions and shopping strategies and cross-border shopping, travel, and tourism.
"Often, boycotts are short-lived as interest fades away. As this drags on, there is the real possibility that people will change their buying habits, switch brands, and discover new offerings, reducing the likelihood that we will ever return to the status quo."
Kerri Kittle (English only)
Associate Professor, uOttawa Telfer School of Management
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Professor Kettle's research focuses on consumer identity and financial decision making.
“This is how Trump initiates negotiations. He (1) makes it about himself; (2) claims that he negotiated a great deal; and (3) returns to the status quo. As the rest of the world is discovering, the best way to deal with this approach is to ignore it. The best way for individual Canadians to react is to continue buying Canadian products and avoid buying US products, as Canadians have been doing for months now.”
Wolfgang Alschner (English and French)
Associate Professor, Faculty of Law – Common Law Section and School of Electrical Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and the Hyman Soloway Chair in Business and Trade Law.
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(He is available to media from Monday, July 14.)
Professor Alschner’s areas of expertise includes tariffs, general global trade policy and CUSMA.