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U.S. President Donald Trump will travel to Beijing to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping later this week. It is expected that talk about trade and the Iran war will dominate their May 13-15 discussions.

These Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾ experts are available to comment:

Vivek Astvansh, Associate Professor, Desautels Faculty of Management, can speak about how the evolution of Canada-China, Canada-U.S. and China-U.S. relations provides a strategic backdrop to Trump's visit to China. He can also indicate which topics should be of particular interest to Canadians.
vivek.astvansh [at] mcgill.ca (English)

Leonardo Baccini, Professor, Department of Political Science, can offer insights into global value chains and the manufacturing sector in the United States, U.S. politics and Trump’s presidency, and the geopolitical order in general.
Leonardo.baccini [at] mcgill.ca (English, Italian)

Sylvain Charlebois, Visiting Scholar, Â鶹´«Ã½ÍøÕ¾, and Senior Director, Agri-Food Analytics Lab, Dalhousie University, can comment on: Global agri-food trade and food security implications of U.S.-China relations; Supply chain resilience and geopolitical risks affecting food systems; the impact of energy prices on food inflation and food affordability; agricultural trade, tariffs, and North American competitiveness; Canada-U.S.-China trade dynamics and implications for the Canadian agri-food sector; and food manufacturing, retail, and consumer price trends linked to geopolitical tensions.
Sylvain.charlebois [at] dal.ca (English, French)

 PhD candidate and course lecturer, Department of Political Science, can speak about the geopolitics of supply chains and any trade-related topic.
Diya.jiang [at] mail.mcgill.ca (English, French)

Preetika Joshi, Assistant Professor, Desautels Faculty of Management, can speak about trade and tariffs.
Preetika.joshi [at] mcgill.ca (·¡²Ô²µ±ô¾±²õ³ó)

Julian Karaguesian, Faculty lecturer, Department of Economics, can speak about industrial policy, international trade and tariff policy, international macroeconomic policy and China.
julian.karaguesian [at] mcgill.ca (English, French, German)

Siddhanth Mookerjee, Assistant Professor, Bensadoun School of Retail Management, Desautels Faculty of Management, can speak about consumer psychology and behaviour including how trade disputes affect consumer confidence, behaviour and spending.
siddhanth.mookerjee [at] mcgill.ca (English)

Juan Wang, Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Director of the Centre for Global Chinese Studies, can speak about Chinese politics, the political economy of development, and law and politics.
juan.wang2 [at] mcgill.ca (English)

Noah Weisbord, Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, can speak about the use of force as viewed by international law, the laws of war, international humanitarian law, self-defence in international law, and the post-Second World War international order.
Noah.weisbord [at] mcgill.ca (English, French)

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