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Patrick Leblond (he/il)

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CN-Paul M. Tellier Chair on Business and Public Policy, Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, University of Ottawa Senior Fellow @ Centre for International Governance Innovation & Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada Research Fellow @ CIRANO

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CSIS | Center for Strategic & International Studies @csis.org · 3h
"The benchmark for a good interim deal is not just tariff reduction today; it also needs to be proportional, provide stable market access to the U.S., and leave cards for Mexico to negotiate in the future," write @diegotmec.bsky.social and Juan Carlos Baker Pineda. Read: bit.ly/4iCb31n
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What Would an Interim U.S.-Mexico Trade Deal Actually Involve?
Mexico is close to an interim deal with the United States. What it concedes for tariff relief today could set the baseline for North America down the line.
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Patrick Leblond (he/il) @prleblond.bsky.social · 7h
At least, the Trump administration is honest about how it views corruption!
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Patrick Leblond (he/il) @prleblond.bsky.social · 15h
Congratulations to my colleague, @costanzamusu.bsky.social, on her new book!
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Stanford University Press @stanfordpress.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
"Kudos to Costanza Musu for the engaging and thought-provoking Art for War. Musu calls for a relentless and proactive fight against the trafficking of looted antiquities" —Brigadier General Giuseppe De Magistris, Assistant Director of the Istituto Alti Studi Difesa, Rome ow.ly/hO7C50ZStIM
Book cover of Art for War: Heritage Looting, Blood Antiquities, and the International Fight Against Terrorism Financing by Costanza Musu
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 16h
Today, I got to sit here for two hours and do this again. Absolute best job in the world. More great questions & discussion from smart students about class, current events, favorite films, & many other things. The kids are so alright, it’s incredible. Touch grass & talk to them, higher ed pundits.
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CIPS / CÉPI @cepi-cips.bsky.social · 21h
Demain, @chadpbown.com expliquera les implications de ce différend commercial pour le Canada et les États-Unis, ainsi que les perspectives d’évolution de la situation. La discussion sera animée par Mélanie Raymond, économiste en chef à Affaires mondiales Canada. >>> bit.ly/4hwXL57
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Chad P. Bown @chadpbown.com · 18h
I will be in Ottawa 🇨🇦 on Wednesday to talk about How to Win a Trade War — please stop by the 5:00pm event AND MAKE SURE TO SAY HI!!!
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The Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 29/09/2026
Many of America’s allies have capitulated to the Trump administration’s tariffs, Chrystia Freeland writes. But her experience as Canada’s international trade minister and foreign minister during the first Trump administration suggests another strategy:
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The Art of Dealing With Trump
As Canada’s international trade minister and foreign minister, I learned that the only thing that works with this president is strength.
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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
The idea that people want AI oversight to happen "all of a sudden" ignores years of research, warnings, and policy efforts. The delay hasn’t been a lack of awareness; it’s been because of years of industry lobbying against regulation, political resistance, and inaction.
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Carl Zimmer @carlzimmer.com · 27/09/2026
Four days ago, a scientist was surprised by the news that Anthropic discovered new virus genes for making DNA. He says he’s been studying them for years—and feeding his data to Anthropic’s AI as part of his own research. Coincidence? Here’s my story. nyti.ms/3VSWayc
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Did Anthropic’s A.I. Really Make a Scientific Discovery on Its Own? (Gift Article)
An expert at the University of Copenhagen said his team had been sharing its research with the company’s A.I. model, Claude, and that its new finding matched their work.
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Cato Institute @cato.org · 27/09/2026
Americans wouldn’t pay $10 more for jeans 👖 to boost US-made blue jeans, according to a Cato Institute/Morning consult survey conducted in March. Only 44% would support a tariff on blue jean imports if it increased the price by $10. ow.ly/4oYJ50ZQm1U
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Scott Lincicome @scottlincicome.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
"Nucor Cheered Forced Labor Tariffs, but Its Own Supply Chain Tells a Different Story" www.cato.org/blog/nucor-c... via @CatoInstitute Big Steel hypocrisy, once again:
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Jörg Broschek 🇨🇦 @jbroschek.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
With @bhaggart.bsky.social @prleblond.bsky.social and Erick Duchesne. policyoptions.irpp.org/2025/03/roya...
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Open letter to the next prime minister: We need a royal commission on Canada’s future
(Version française disponible ici) Sign up for A Stronger Canada for The Trump Era. A temporary newsletter with the latest Canada-U.S. analyses from Policy Options. There is no longer any room for dou...
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Jörg Broschek 🇨🇦 @jbroschek.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Confirms what motivated our call for a Royal Commission in early 2025, which could have facilitated this form of engagement: "Global Canada’s report should serve a more meta purpose: it clearly shows that Canadians are informed and interested, and that they want to be engaged on these questions."
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Justin Ling: Mark Carney may appeal to vast swathes of the country, but there are some things about Canadians he doesn’t seem to get
Rather than merely address global policymakers and CEOs, the prime minister needs to talk to more everyday voters.
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Ben Atkinson, PhD @benatkinsonphd.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Randy Boswell: “...Jason Kenney...told the CBC that the Dominion Society’s mission is ‘clearly un-Canadian, and it needs to be called out. People like me, who are on the right of centre of Canadian politics, have a special obligation to do that.’“ www.nationalobserver.com/2026/09/25/o...
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Citizens must stand firm against new group touting mass deportation, supremacy of ‘Heritage Canadians’
Free speech? Sure. People are free to put up posters on utility poles expressing their views and promoting their causes — and other people offended by the vile messaging and the polarizing mission beh...
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Claes de Vreese @claesdevreese.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
AI companies, not agents go rogue. AI companies produce models and services. AI companies are responsible for their own products. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...
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OpenAI halts training of latest models as reports mount of AI agents going rogue
Decision follows disclosures that OpenAI agents searching government websites had acted in unexpected ways
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Simon Lester @simonlester.com · 26/09/2026
For those of you who like getting in the weeds of trade law, the US International Trade Commission asked for comments on how it should implement Section 338. My submission discusses how to understand one aspect of the term "discriminatory," but there's plenty more to say. Comments are due by Nov 9.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 26/09/2026
"Why should Canadians trust Americans who have twice elected someone they consider a venal, dangerous buffoon? They could excuse them for being 'tricked' the first time. But electing him again, by a bigger margin the second time, tells them all they need to know." — @brynntannehill.bsky.social
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The view from Canada: Make America Think Again
Rebuilding trust will take generations.
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Nomi Claire Lazar @nomiclairelazar.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
One of many reasons that whole #climateemergency declaration trend was pointless and even dangerous, given the inherent problems with emergency framing. @jeremywallace.bsky.social and I wrote about that here: www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/res...
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Resisting the Authoritarian Temptation | Journal of Democracy
Democracy’s unique, flexible, and substantial resources make it better than authoritarianism at confronting climate change.
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Luke LeBrun @lukelebrun.ca · 26/09/2026
Tech companies suddenly decide they can, in fact, moderate content on their platforms after all
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Daniel Munro @dkmunro.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
“Prof. He’s team created 4,500 mock resumés and submitted them for more than 2,000 jobs. All else being equal, they found applicants with an overseas degree were 16.3% less likely to land an interview than someone who had graduated from a Chinese university.” www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...
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In China’s tough job market, foreign degrees may be a hindrance, not a help
Top universities in the U.S. and U.K. still carry cachet, but lesser-known schools do not impress employers
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Patrick Leblond (he/il) @prleblond.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I had to check that this was real. Well, it’s there on his Insta account. Some of the comments to this post are quite funny.
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Law360 @law360.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
The U.S. prevented the World Trade Organization from beginning the process of selecting members to the appellate body designed to settle disputes over WTO decisions for the 100th time, continuing its six-year blockade of the body. www.law360.com/artic...
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Patrick Leblond (he/il) @prleblond.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Something Americans need to understand!
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Peter Ungphakorn @coppetainpu.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
E-COMMERCE PLURILATERAL: The group replied yesterday. India had queried the interim arrangements for implementing the deal—while there is no consensus to add it to the WTO framework—in the last WTO General Council meeting before the summer break. For the Oct 5–6 General Council UPDATED⬇️:
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US, Brazil join India, Pakistan in querying WTO status of e-commerce deal
WTO director-general gets her “knuckles rapped”, as Singapore, China defend interim arrangements
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CNN @cnn.com · 25/09/2026
Ambassador Alan Wolff says President Donald Trump's novel implementation of America's tariff law is illegal and runs counter to how Congress intended the presidential power to be used. Wolff would know. He wrote the law. cnn.it/4AuSoLg
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Thomas Seal @twseal.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Carney spoke to the NYT for an hour. "Mr. Carney suggested that he had carefully examined the possibility of a U.S.-led military invasion, but declined to discuss in detail what that involved. “I think you have a responsibility in these roles to look at extreme tail risk.”"
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Mark Carney Interview: Canada’s Leader Lays Out Vision for Breaking Reliance on U.S.
In a wide-ranging interview, the Canadian leader laid out a detailed vision for breaking his country’s dependency on the United States.
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Mrs. Betty Bowers @mrsbettybowers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
“He don’t even take no salary—that’s how selfless Trump is, y’all!!!”
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Justin Wolfers @justinwolfers.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Nuclear regulation developed for low-chance, high-risk scenarios. Similar to the risk of AI. A simple place to start is mandatory incident reporting. If something goes wrong, everyone gets to know. newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/…
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How Much Would You Pay to Prevent the AI Apocalypse?
And what economists say we should spend. Hint: we're nowhere close.
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Patrick Leblond (he/il) @prleblond.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
If in Ottawa in October 2, please join us for one-day conference on Canada-Europe Economic Security Cooperation. carleton.ca/ces/cu-event...
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Policy Workshop: “Prosperous, Secure and Sovereign Together: Making Canada-Europe Economic Cooperation Stronger!”
The Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence is pleased to host the policy workshop, “Prosperous, Secure and Sovereign Together: Making Canada-Europe Economic Cooperation Stronger!” Event Description: This on...
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Everything the pro-Trump billionaire Ellison family will now own: Paramount+ CBS CNN Showtime HBO Warner Bros TNT TBS MTV DC Studios Nickelodeon Comedy Central And more... With this comes the power to decide which stories get told, but more importantly, which stories DON'T get told. Shameful.
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The Brussels Times @brusselstimes.com · 21/09/2026
A new EU survey highlights rising challenges for global trade: firms face lasting tariff concerns with US and China, but fewer see major supply chain disruptions.
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EU report reveals sharp divide in business preparedness for geopolitical risks
EU report reveals sharp divide in business preparedness for geopolitical risks
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Patrick Leblond (he/il) @prleblond.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Canada’s Don Quixote?
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Jim Goldgeier @jimgoldgeier.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
terrific piece by @anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu for @theatlantic.com on those she rightly calls "the clan of predators currently in charge of the U.S. federal government." They are making a huge mess for us, while cleaning up for themselves. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/202...
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MAGA Is Making the World Safe for Corruption
Far-right ideologues have transformed American foreign policy into a tool of private gain and antidemocratic reaction.
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Jörg Broschek 🇨🇦 @jbroschek.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Unlike in Canadian federalism, in Germany Land elections still have important implications for federal politics and the federal government itself. p.dw.com/p/5MpIa
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Germany's Merz under pressure as AfD eyes second state win
Exit polls have the far-right AfD leading the Social Democrats in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and the Left Party ahead in Berlin. Merz referred to the outcome as "a disaster". DW has more.
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Jörg Broschek 🇨🇦 @jbroschek.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Also telling about the capacity of Canadian federalism to harmonize basic standards conducive to building the One Canadian Economy.
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Thorsten Benner @tbenner.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
2019 "Alliance for Multiateralism" advanced by 🇩🇪🇫🇷🇨🇦is having a bit of a second coming with 🇨🇦🇰🇪🇧🇷🇪🇺calling for "Partners for Multilateralism" initiative. P4M will have a hard time to prove more effective & durable. All the more important to start with concrete small steps.
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The Japan Times @japantimes.co.jp · 20/09/2026
Shipping on the Great Lakes has depended on a regional economy that moved in lockstep between the U.S. and Canada. A trade war is upending that balance.
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Great Lakes that bind U.S.-Canada trade are imperiled by Trump tariffs
Shipping on the Great Lakes has depended on a U.S. economy that moved in lockstep with Canada. A trade war is upending that balance.
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Devon Whittle @devonwhittle.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
For RCEP watchers - Ministers are meeting this week to discuss implementation and the general review. Philippines suggests the review could cover new provisions on "digital trade, sustainable development, inclusivity and emerging technologies such as AI" business.inquirer.net/611673/asean...
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Asean to set AI cooperation rules
Trade Undersecretary Allan Gepty MANILA, Philippines — The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) is set to lay down common rules on how artificial intelligence (AI) should be used
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Patrick Leblond (he/il) @prleblond.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Let’s hope AI is up to the task! 😬
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The Hill Times @hilltimes.com · 20/09/2026
UNLOCKED | Thousands rely on tariff supports as Ottawa plans fewer benefit-processing staff at Service Canada www.hilltimes.com?p=518593
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CNBC @cnbc.com · 20/09/2026
‘It's awful’: How tariffs, soaring fuel costs and higher interest rates are squeezing American companies
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‘It's awful’: How tariffs, soaring fuel costs and higher interest rates are squeezing American companies
Tariffs, soaring fuel prices and higher interest rates are squeezing American companies, particularly manufacturers, auto suppliers, retailers and transportation businesses.
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The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com · 20/09/2026
AI is learning to lie — and then gaslight you about it. Kind of funny when the topic is movies, but a lot less funny when the topic is health, law or public policy. theconversation.com/you-can-pers...
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Nils Gilman @nilsgilman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Watching a cartel form right out in the open is really something.
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Mark Hallerberg @mhallerberg.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
“To an extent that is underappreciated, the war in Ukraine is now a proxy war between the EU and China. The difference is that China makes a profit from backing Russia.” Perceptive. I wonder if the EU sees it this way, and if it has considered the consequences www.thetimes.com/article/a6b5...
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A harsh truth: the strain is on Ukraine
A flagging economy, circling rivals and unpalatable peace proposals are putting President Zelensky under enormous pressure. Winter is full of foreboding
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Patrick Leblond (he/il) @prleblond.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
Thankfully, the CPTPP applies between Canada and the UK since September 1st. So, I guess there is no rush to resume talks.
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The Economist @economist.com · 19/09/2026
Polls suggest that four out of five Canadians support closer integration with the EU, about the same share that backs the decision to walk away from Donald Trump’s trade deal
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Mark Carney hopes to redirect Canada’s economy around Donald Trump
His Europe trip was one part of a bigger plan
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Simon Lester @simonlester.com · 17/09/2026
Carney's speech to the European Parliament: "I am not proposing a third bloc in order to become a great-power rival – only with better manners. We do not seek power to dominate others."
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Prime Minister Carney delivers an address to the European Parliament
Thank you for granting me the honour of addressing you all at the beginning of this decisive session.
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Blayne Haggart @bhaggart.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
I think we need to start thinking in terms of Trump and after-Trump. Trump is erratic, which blunts the power of his threats. But post-Trump, the US need for security, including in critical minerals, will still be there. Canada will be expected to play ball.
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