March 27, 2025 – CILTNA Webinar: Trump Tariffs and CUSMA
Date/Time
Date(s) - 27 March 2025
12:00 pm EDT - 1:00 pm EDT
Join us on Thursday, March 27 at 12 pm ET/ 9 am PT/ 4 pm UK for 60-minute webinar: “Trump Tariffs and CUSMA”.
Turbulent trade times and Trump Tariff Wars have created global uncertainty and existential risk for all companies. You don’t have to be an importer or an exporter to be affected as foreign competitors can use predatory pricing to take away market share. Do your homework. We have been here before.
About the presenters:
Tim Webb, Partner, Supply Chain & Procurement, KPMG Canada
Tim has over 20 years experience driving growth for his clients through innovative, customer-centric supply chain transformation. Tim and his teams bring deep insights to redesign client operating models, identify opportunities for optimization and implement digital solutions.
Tim has led large programs in North America, Africa, Europe and the Middle East with clients in retail, consumer goods and automotive industries.
Flavio Volpe, President, – Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, APMA
Flavio Volpe is an internationally recognized champion of Canada’s automotive industry. Since 2014, he has proudly led the APMA, representing 200+ suppliers to the worldwide automotive industry.
Working closely with officials in Ottawa, Washington & Mexico City during the 2017-19 NAFTA renegotiations, he led the effort to secure an unprecedented increase in Regional Content for suppliers in the new USMCA. In 2022, he was named to the Ontario Premier’s Council on US Trade & Competitiveness.
When the global COVID19 pandemic created a dangerous medical equipment shortage in Canada in 2020, he launched one of the biggest peacetime mobilizations of the country’s industrial capacity in its history. Dubbed a ‘Manufacturing Hero’ by the Toronto Star for his leadership, this work resulted in the largest build-orders of critical ventilators, PPE & test swabs in Canada’s history.
In 2022, when anti-government actors illegally blockaded the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor costing the industry $1B, he led the APMA to secure an injunction in Ontario Superior Court to force the reopening of Canada’s most critical international border crossing.
A passionate technology leader, his response to the Prime Minister’s challenge for a net-zero economy by 2050 was to launch an all-Canadian, zero-emissions, autonomous concept prototype, Project Arrow. Described by the Globe and Mail as ‘an audacious play to build an all-Canadian electric car’, Project Arrow was revealed at the 2023 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to global coverage & serves as a premier showcase of Canada’s automotive technology cluster.
Flavio is a sought-after voice by leading global publications including The Economist, New York Times, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, CNN, BBC, CNBC, FOX & the Washington Post. He speaks frequently on industry issues at House of Commons Standing Committees in Finance, Industry and Trade.
Flavio holds a BA in International Relations from the University of Toronto & an MBA from York University’s Schulich School of Business.
About the moderator:
Joy Nott, Partner, Trade & Customs, KPMG Canada
Prior to joining the KPMG Trade and Customs Practice in July 2018 as Partner, Joy Nott was President and CEO of the Canadian Importers and Exporters Association (I.E.Canada) for 8 years. Joy has over 30 years of experience in customs compliance having started her career in Montreal work for over 10 years for well known customs brokers/freight forwarders giving her hands on operational experience. She has also worked for global accounting firms and large US based banks before returning to KPMG as a partner in 2018.
In her role at I.E.Canada, Joy sat on various Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) working groups and provided input on various program and policies from the design phase through to implementation by the CBSA. Joy continues to sit on the CBSA Border Commercial Consultative Committee (BCCC) in an advisory capacity.
Joy has sat on various committees as advisors to Federal Ministers and has testified before both the House of Commons and Senate Committees on International trade on matters directly impacting Canadian importers and exporters.
Joy is a frequent commentator on BNN, CTV and CBC television on matters of trade and supply chain.
Joy’s credentials include a Bachelor of Arts from Concordia University in Montreal, Quebec in 1987. She later sought and received honours when writing for her qualified customs brokers’ status in 1990. In 1993, Joy gained her professional customs brokerage status. In 2011, Joy gained her P.Log designation (Professional Logistician).
Welcoming remarks:
Bob Sacco, CILTNA Chair
A licensed customs broker and professional logistician with in-depth knowledge of trade agreements and customs process, Bob is skilled at managing a diverse range of professionals who deal with all aspects of customs and trade. He is regarded as a high-energy problem solver with a strong reputation for helping large multinational businesses reduce import/export costs and manage compliance risk. KPMG’s Global Trade & Customs practice has a global network with over 400 professionals located in 80 countries around the world.
Bob brings over 40 years of public practice experience having launched and led a specialized Customs & Trade group in another big four firm. He has worked on behalf of government departments, protecting the interests of Canadians and has led large multinational consulting activities to help companies effectively navigate these territories to realize savings through imports an exports.
At the start of his career Bob spent nine years working in various senior positions for the Customs division of Revenue Canada (now the CBSA). The area of specialty with Customs was focused on duty relief programs that assisted exporters compete in foreign markets by refunding Canadian duties on manufacturing inputs.
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