A2Y Chamber Event: Headline Lunch with Colin Bird, Consul General of Canada in Detroit
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Consul General Colin Bird covers a four-state region (IN, KY, Oh and MI). He will discuss the important bi-lateral relationship between Canada and the United States, with issues such as trade, international cooperation, and business development. Michigan exports more than $27.5 B annually to Canada, including $2.5B in the immediate Washtenaw County area. With the opening of the Gordie Howe International Bridge in 2025 this relationship will only become more important. Come learn more to help your business or organization benefit from this important relationship.
Colin Bird (ALB Hons [Government Studies], Harvard University, 1994; LLB Hons, University of Ottawa, 2003) joined Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada in 2009. He has served as counsel to the NAFTA Secretariat and in the department’s Trade Law Bureau, where he focused on trade remedies and aerospace and softwood lumber trade issues, and he was a director in the North America Bureau of the Trade Negotiations Branch. Until 2019, Mr. Bird served as minister-counsellor for trade and economic policy at the embassy in Washington, D.C., where he was responsible for all aspects of the United States-Canada trade relationship, including the 2 countries’ cooperation in multilateral forums. He has also represented Canada before dispute settlement panels and the Appellate Body at the World Trade Organization. Most recently, he was the executive director in the Trade Policy Branch responsible for multilateral trade matters, particularly Canada’s membership in the World Trade Organization, and served as Canada’s senior trade official at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, where he chaired the Trade Committee, and at the G7 and G20.
A2Y Chamber Event: Headline Lunch wit...
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Date and Time
Thursday Mar 13, 2025
11:15 AM - 1:00 PM EDT
Thursday, March 13th
11:15 Registration opens
11:40 Lunch
12:10 Program
1:00 Adjourn
Location
Eastern Michigan University
Student Center Ballroom
900 Oakwood Street
Ypsilanti, MI 48197
Fees/Admission
$50.00 Members
$60.00 Prospective Members
Contact Information
Andy LaBarre
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