The US-Mexico-Canada Agreement: What Does it Mean?
Roundtable Luncheon with Lawrence Herman, Caroline Hughes and Daniel Schwanen
Lawrence Herman, Senior Fellow, C.D. Howe Institute; Counsel, Herman & Associates
Lawrence L. Herman, Herman & Associates, Toronto, has practiced international trade and investment law and policy both inside government and in the private sector for over 45 years. He was a member of Canada’s mission to the UN and the GATT in the 1970s and in law practice has acted as counsel for Canada in the International Court of Justice and has advocated cases before the Canadian International Trade Tribunal (CITT), NAFTA panels and Canadian courts. He advises governments, State agencies and international organizations. Mr. Herman is on the executive of the Canada-US Law Institute and a Senior Fellow of the C. D. Howe Institute in Toronto.
Caroline Hughes, Vice President, Government Relations, Ford Motor Company of Canada, Ltd.
Caroline Hughes is the Vice President of Government Relations at Ford Motor Company of Canada, Ltd., where she and her staff conduct strategic analyses and dialogue with all levels of government regarding public policy and economic issues of importance to Ford of Canada and the Canadian vehicle industry. Hughes is also responsible for developing Ford of Canada's long-range forecasts for new vehicle sales in Canada, working with Ford Motor Company’s Corporate Economics Office. During her career, Hughes had worked on Canadian public policy issues related to taxation, access to credit, pension liability funding rules, employment issues and skills training, environmental issues, and vehicle regulations. In addition to her Government Relations responsibilities, Hughes works with Ford's US manufacturing and product teams on strategic issues involving Ford's Canadian manufacturing operations, and leading the team responsible for securing over $3 Billion in automotive investments for Ford’s Canadian operations.
Hughes has more than 28 years’ experience with Ford of Canada, having worked in several capacities within finance and vehicle sales, and also has manufacturing experience working as a summer student during her university years. Hughes was Chair of the Board of Directors for the Oakville Chamber of Commerce in 2017, and has represented Ford on the Oakville Chamber Board since September 2009. She also served on the Ontario Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors from 2013 – 2016 and as an industry advisor on the Executive Committee of the Automotive Policy Research Centre of IMPAKT (the Institute for Manufacturing Policy Analysis and Knowledge Transfer) at McMaster University.
Hughes holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Michael's College, University of Toronto and an M.B.A. (Finance) from the Schulich School of Business, York University.
Daniel Schwanen, Vice President, Research, C.D. Howe Institute
Daniel Schwanen is an award-winning economist with a passion for international economic policy. He is spearheading Institute programs focused on the link between Canada’s international trade and investment policy and Canadians’ standards of living.
Having earned degrees in economics from the Université de Montréal and Queen’s University, Daniel began his career in the financial services industry, becoming International Economist at the CIBC in 1986. He first joined the C.D. Howe Institute in 1990, producing widely-cited research on international trade, Canada’s economic union, climate change policy, and the economics of cultural policy. His work in the 1990s earned him foreign visitorships in the United States, Japan and Australia.
After joining the Institute for Research on Public Policy in 2001, Daniel earned the Policy Research Initiative’s Outstanding Research Contribution Award for his paper “A Room of Our Own: Cultural Policies and Trade Agreements,” and produced, with co-editors Thomas Courchene and Donald Savoie, a major series of papers on North America after NAFTA. In 2007, he co-wrote the independent review of Australia’s Progress to Achieve APEC Goals, presenting the report at APEC’s Senior Officials meeting as part of APEC’s peer review process.
Daniel joined the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) in Waterloo, Ontario in 2005, serving in a number of senior research and executive positions. Most recently, his work there focused on the G20 and international economic policy coordination.
Daniel returned to the C.D. Howe Institute in March, 2011 as Associate Vice President, Trade and International Policy. He was promoted to Assistant Vice President, Research in January 2013, and currently holds the position of Vice President, Research, as of June 2014.
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