Description

On the 50th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Canada and China, the Optical Valley Institute for Free Trade and SFU’s Jack Austin Center for Asia Pacific Business Studies organize the Canada-China Economic Forum to explore the role of Canada and China in the dynamic world economy.

The webinar will be moderated by Jing Li, the Co-Director of the Jack Austin Centre for Asia Pacific Business Studies of SFU’s Beedie School of Business.

Opening Remarks

The Honourable Jack Austin PC, CM, OBC, QC, LLD (Hon.)

Speakers

Eugene Beaulieau (University of Calgary) Canada-China Trade and Investment Relations in a time of Uncertainty

Mary E Lovely (Syracuse University and PIIE) China and the CPTPP: Good news for Canada?

Bo Chen (Huazhong University of Science and Technology) Canada - China Economic Ties: Facts and Implications

Paul Evans (University of British Columbia) Geopolitics and the Future of Canada - China High Tech

Daniel Shapiro (Simon Fraser University) COVID and the Liability of Origin: Implications for Chinese MNEs

Zoom link will be sent 24 hours prior to the event and can be accessed on Eventbrite’s online event portal.

Presenter bios

Eugene Beaulieau (Ph.D.) is a Professor in the Department of Economics at the University of Calgary and the Program Director, International Economics at The School of Public Policy. Before pursuing a doctorate at Columbia he worked as an economist for the Government of Kenya and the Bank of Canada. Dr. Beaulieu publishes widely in economics and public policy journals and his principal area of research is empirical international economics, with a focus on trade policy, foreign investment, firm dynamics, labour markets and income inequality

Mary E. Lovely (Ph.D.) is currently a Senior Fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics in Washington, DC and a Professor of Economics and Melvin A. Eggers Faculty Scholar at Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs. Her research, teaching and commentary combine expertise in international economics and China’s development. From 2011-2015, she served as co-editor of the China Economic Review.

Bo Chen (Ph.D.) received his Ph.D. degree in Economics from Simon Fraser University in 2008. Dr. Chen is the Chutian Professor of Economics and the Director of Optical Valley Institute on Free Trade Zone (FTZ). He is also a research associate of the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas. Dr. Chen’s research interests are on International Economics, Economic Integration, and China’s Economy. He has published more than 20 academic papers on renowned peer-reviewed journals such as Journal of International Economics, Journal of Comparative Economics, Economics Letters, the World Economy.

Paul Evans (Ph.D.) teaches Asian and trans-Pacific international relations in the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia. A career academic and former co-CEO of the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada, his current writing focuses on Canadian China policy, the contemporary legacy of John King Fairbank, and the impact of techno-nationalist competition between the US and China on the university sector.

Daniel Shapiro (Ph.D.) is Professor of Global Business Strategy at the Beedie School of Business, Simon Fraser University; co-editor, Multinational Business Review; and co-director Jack Austin Centre for Asia Pacific Business Studies. He has worked for forty years as an educator, researcher, and academic administrator, most recently he was Dean of the Beedie School of Business. As an academic, he has published five books and monographs and some 100 scholarly articles on international business and strategy, corporate ownership and governance, foreign investment and MNEs, industrial structure, and various aspects of public policy.

Moderator bio

Jing Li (Ph.D.) is an Associate Professor of International Business, a Canada Research Chair in Global Investment Strategy, and the Co-director of the Jack Austin Center for Asia Pacific Business Studies at Simon Fraser University. She is a member of College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists at the Royal Society of Canada. Jing studies international investment strategies of firms, with a special focus on those from emerging markets.