August 20: WACC Distinguished Speaker Series with Nadia Theodore, Consul General of Canada in Atlanta

USMCA: What the New Trade Deal Means for Canada & NC 

The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) came into effect on Wednesday, July 1st in order to modernize the 25-year-old NAFTA into the 21st-century agreement that will support freer markets, fairer trade, and robust economic growth in North America. The deal includes new rules around intellectual property, border tariffs, labor enforcement mechanisms, manufacturing, agricultural provisions, digital commerce, and more.

Join us on Thursday, August 20th at 2 p.m. EDT for a program with Nadia Theodore, Consul General of Canada in Atlanta who will talk about the economic benefits of USMCA for North America, the challenges surrounding trade in the COVID-19 environment, and prospects for economic collaboration between Canada, the U.S., and Mexico as we head into an uncertain 4th quarter in 2020.

WACC Distinguished Speaker Series

Date: Thursday, August 20, 2020
Time: 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. 

Register online (Free to WACC members and non-members)

 

 

 

Biography

Nadia Theodore joined the Canadian civil service in 2000. She has made her career in the Trade Agreement and Negotiations Branch of Global Affairs, holding leadership positions on several recent and major trade initiatives of Global Affairs Canada, including serving as one of the two Deputy Chief Negotiators for the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership and as the Executive Director of Canada’s Secretariat for the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement. Consul General Theodore previously served at Canada’s Permanent Mission to the World Trade Organization and at Canada’s Permanent Mission to the United Nations, in Geneva Switzerland. Directly prior to being named Consul General for the US Southeast, in August 2017, she served in Ottawa as Chief of Staff and Executive Director to Canada’s Deputy Minister for International Trade.

With over 10 years of trade policy experience, Ms. Theodore’s appointment came as Canada, Mexico and the United States launched negotiations to modernize the North  American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). As part of Canada’s international trade negotiating team, Ms. Theodore built a reputation for forging strong partnerships with government and business leaders and managing complex, priority trade initiatives.

Ms. Theodore was born and raised in Ottawa, Ontario. She holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of London and an M.A. in Political Science from Carleton University.