Micro Summit Series
Trade tensions are reshaping Canada’s global position
November 27, 2025
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Dr. Lamp presents at the Queen’s Micro Summit in Ottawa, where experts explored Canada’s security and sovereignty challenges.
Countries around the world are reshaping the global economy as they rethink how they cooperate and compete, disrupting trade relationships that once seemed stable. These shifts create a more complex environment for Canada, in which economic choices and long-term security interact in new ways, particularly when it comes to our relationship with the United States.
At the Queen’s Micro Summit: What's Canada's Next Move, Dr. Nicolas Lamp (Law) examined how today’s global trade landscape has fractured into a far more complicated system. He that can help Canada navigate in this new environment and pinpoint the choices that will influence its economic future.
The framework centres on four guiding questions that show how global change shapes Canada’s trade policy choices. They examine the purpose of regulating trade, which partners Canada can rely on, where it should concentrate its economic strengths, and which tools advance those priorities. Together, these questions give Canada a clearer path through a world that no longer moves according to a single set of expectations.
Dr. Lamp brings deep experience in global trade to his work. Before joining Queen’s, he served at the World Trade Organization as a dispute settlement lawyer on major trade appeals. He now teaches in the Faculty of Law and the School of Policy Studies and directs the Queen’s Institute on Trade Policy, where he studies how political and economic forces guide national decisions in a changing global environment.
The Queen’s Micro Summit series brings together researchers whose work helps Canadians better understand the forces shaping the nation’s future. Delivered in short and engaging TED Talk style presentations, each event connects academic insight with real-world questions that matter to people. The series reflects the strength of Queen’s research community and its reputation for translating discovery into public awareness and action, encouraging informed discussion and supporting a deeper understanding of Canada’s place in a rapidly changing world.
Through short and engaging, TED Talk-style presentations, each event connects academic insight with real-world questions that matter to people across Canada. The series encourages informed discussion and supports a deeper understanding of Canada’s place in a rapidly changing world.
