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Over the past few days, U.S. president-elect Donald Trump has spoken about his plans for a range of trade and foreign policy measures that include possibly annexing Canada and Greenland and acquiring control of the Panama Canal, as well as imposing significant tariffs on all trading partners.

Here are some experts from Ï㽶ÊÓƵ who can provide comment on these issues:

Wendell Adjetey, Associate Professor, Department of History and Classical Studies, can contextualize President-elect Donald Trump's rhetoric of annexing Canada within the long, tumultuous history of American-Canadian relations.

wendell.adjetey [at] mcgill.ca (English)

Vivek Astvansh, Associate Professor, Desautels Faculty of Management, can speak about politicians' use of language/rhetoric to persuade and negotiate with business/trade partners.

vivek.astvansh [at] mcgill.ca (English)

Julian Vikan Karaguesian, Course lecturer, Department of Economics, can speak about the implications Trump’s recent remarks for Canada-U.S. relations and co-operation, and for international relations. During his 25 years in the Canadian Ministry of Finance and the Embassy of Canada in Washington D.C (as Finance Counsellor), he worked on the Canada – U.S. economic relationship (including trade, investment, G7).

julian.karaguesian [at] mcgill.ca (English)

Leonard Moore, retired Associate Professor, Department of History and Classical Studies, can speak about Donald Trump in the context of American politics, U.S. social and political history, and the history of right-wing extremism.

leonard.moore [at] mcgill.ca (English)

Vincent Rigby, Slater Family Professor of Practice at the Max Bell School of Public Policy, recently retired from Canada’s public service after 30 years in a variety of departments and agencies across government, including the Privy Council Office, Global Affairs Canada, Public Safety, the Department of National Defence and the former Canadian International Development Agency.

He can speak about Canadian national security, defence and foreign policy issues.

vincent.rigby [at] mcgill.ca (English)

Jennifer Welsh, a professor in the Department of Political Science, Canada 150 Research Chair in Global Governance and Security and Director of , can speak about the implications for Canada-U.S. relations and co-operation, international relations and international order.

Jennifer.welsh [at] mcgill.ca (English)