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SUMMARY:Clarifying NAFTA
DESCRIPTION:*Due to poor weather and driving conditions on October 2\, 2018 our speaker was unable to make it out to Airdrie. This event has been rescheduled to Thursday\, Ocotber 11\, 2018.\n\n\n\nAs the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) re-negotiations lurch from forced optimism to apprehension\, small businesses in Canada need to face the possibility that the trade deal might collapse. But\, now is not the time to panic.\n\n\n\nJoin the Airdrie Chamber of Commerce for a discussion featuring Carlo Dade\, Director of Trade & Investment Centre\, Canada West Foundation. Carlo will discuss NAFTA and what businesses can do now to prepare. \n\n\n\nPresentation to include:\n\n	Background on where we are with NAFTA\n	Scenarios for negotiations going forward\, or why you shouldn't panic watching tv or reading the paper\n	What's in and not in NAFTA\, or why it's not nearly as bad as you think\n	Why that's important for your business\n	How to figure out if you'll have a problem if NAFTA goes \n	What to do with this info\n	Other opportunities\, or why\, even with the mess around NAFTA\, this is a great\, unbelievably great\, time to think about exporting\n\nBusinesses attending get:\n\n\n	an understanding of what's happening\, replace fear and apprehension with understanding and lower blood pressure\n	give practical steps to figure out how the business could be impacted and what to do\n	use that same info to figure out new opportunities\n\nCarlo Dade has been a leading voice in debates on recent Canadian free trade agreements and development of trade infrastructure. He has a reputation for big-picture thinking and is a leading global expert on pan-Pacific trade\, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership and Pacific Alliance trade blocs. He is one of Canada's leading commentators on North American competitiveness and Canada-Mexico relations.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><strong>*Due to poor weather and driving conditions on October 2\, 2018 our speaker was unable to make it out to Airdrie. This event has been rescheduled to Thursday\, Ocotber 11\, 2018.</strong></span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><span style="color:#272534\;">As the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) re-negotiations lurch from forced optimism to apprehension\, small businesses in Canada need to face the possibility that the trade deal might collapse. But\, now is not the time to panic.<br />\n<br />\nJoin the Airdrie Chamber of Commerce for a discussion featuring <strong>Carlo Dade\, Director of Trade &amp\; Investment Centre\, Canada West Foundation</strong>. Carlo will discuss NAFTA and what businesses can do now to prepare.&nbsp\;</span></span></span><br />\n<br />\n<span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">Presentation to include:</span>\n<ul>\n	<li style="margin-left:0cm\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">Background on where we are with NAFTA</span></li>\n	<li style="margin-left:0cm\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">Scenarios for negotiations going forward\, or why you shouldn&rsquo\;t panic watching tv or reading the paper</span></li>\n	<li style="margin-left:0cm\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">What&rsquo\;s in and not in NAFTA\, or why it&rsquo\;s not nearly as bad as you think</span></li>\n	<li style="margin-left:0cm\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">Why that&rsquo\;s important for your business</span></li>\n	<li style="margin-left:0cm\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">How to figure out if you&rsquo\;ll have a problem if NAFTA goes </span></li>\n	<li style="margin-left:0cm\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">What to do with this info</span></li>\n	<li style="margin-left:0cm\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">Other opportunities\, or why\, even with the mess around NAFTA\, this is a great\, unbelievably great\, time to think about exporting</span></li>\n</ul>\n<span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">Businesses attending get:</span>\n\n<ul>\n	<li style="margin-left:0cm\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">an understanding of what&rsquo\;s happening\, replace fear and apprehension with understanding and lower blood pressure</span></li>\n	<li style="margin-left:0cm\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">give practical steps to figure out how the business could be impacted and what to do</span></li>\n	<li style="margin-left:0cm\;"><span style="font-size:11.0pt\;">use that same info to figure out new opportunities</span></li>\n</ul>\n<span style="font-size:14px\;"><span style="font-family:arial\;"><strong><span style="color:#272534\;">Carlo Dade</span></strong><span style="color:#272534\;"> has been a leading voice in debates on recent Canadian free trade agreements and development of trade infrastructure. He has a reputation for big-picture thinking and is a leading global expert on pan-Pacific trade\, including the Trans-Pacific Partnership and Pacific Alliance trade blocs. He is one of Canada&rsquo\;s leading commentators on North American competitiveness and Canada-Mexico relations.</span></span></span>
LOCATION:Airdrie Chamber of Commerce Office 102\, 150 Edwards Way N.W. Airdrie\, AB T4B 4B9
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DTSTAMP:20260527T110016Z
URL:https://www.airdriechamber.ab.ca/events/details/clarifying-nafta-1063
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