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Cocktails with A Consul: Navigating the New U.S. Relationship with Canada & Mexico
February 20, 2025 at 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Join us for an intimate conversation with two distinguished diplomats discussing the U.S. relationship with its two largest trading partners, Canada and Mexico. The panel will explore how Canada and Mexico are preparing for potential 25% tariffs and the future of the US-Mexico-Canada relationship.
Cocktails with A Consul: Navigating the New U.S. Relationship with Canada & Mexico
About the event
With “tariffs” and “trade” dominating the headlines in 2025, Americans are revisiting their high school economics lessons to understand the implications. The U.S. threat to impose high tariffs on its largest trading partners could significantly impact Georgia’s economy, which recorded $25 billion in trade with Mexico and $13.9 billion with Canada in 2024. Key products exchanged between Georgia, Canada, and Mexico include civilian aircraft and parts, motor vehicles, data processing machines, telephone sets, and medical devices. However, the flow of immigration and fentanyl between these countries has sparked difficult discussions, echoing American poet Robert Frost’s assertion that “good fences make good neighbors.”