The President of the European Commission has expressed interest in seeing Canada become the first associate member of the European Union. 

McGill experts are available to comment: 

Diya Jiang, PhD candidate, Department of Political Science, can speak about: 

• How closer ties with Europe could affect the broader Canada-U.S. relationship
• Canadian and American public opinion on Europe, trade and international co-operation 

diya.jiang [at] mail.mcgill.ca (English, French) 

Julian Karaguesian, course lecturer, Department of Economics, can speak about: 

• International trade and tariff policy 
• International macroeconomic policy 
• The Canadian economy and global integration 

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