Dr. Kristen Hopewell

Canada Research Chair in Global Policy, University of British Columbia

Trade, international trade, China, Canada-China relations, Canada-US relations, economic policy, foreign policy, development, international political economy, global governance, industrial policy and development, emerging powers - China, India and Brazil

Media

Third COVID-19 shots must be offered to immunocompromised Canadians

Canada must oppose China’s entry to Trans-Pacific trade pact

Would China’s move to join this transpacific trade pact push the U.S. to rejoin? It’s complicated

15 countries just signed the world’s largest trade pact. The U.S. isn’t one of them.

China has a golden opportunity to show global leadership, with a WTO fisheries deal

Why trade restrictions must be eliminated during COVID-19’s second wave

Canada must boost its foreign aid to combat a COVID-19 humanitarian crisis

China won’t back down in its plan to dominate tech

The WTO just ruled against China’s agricultural subsidies. Will this translate to a big U.S. win?

Biography

Dr. Kristen Hopewell is Canada Research Chair in Global Policy in the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs at the University of British Columbia. Her research specializes in international trade, global governance, industrial policy and development, with a focus on emerging powers, such as China, India and Brazil. She is a Wilson China Fellow at the Wilson Center in Washington, DC. Dr. Hopewell is the author of Clash of Powers: US-China Rivalry in Global Trade Governance (Cambridge University Press, 2020) and Breaking the WTO: How Emerging Powers Disrupted the Neoliberal Project (Stanford University Press, 2016).

Expertise

  • trade
  • international trade
  • China
  • Canada-China relations
  • Canada-US relations
  • economic policy
  • foreign policy
  • development
  • international political economy
  • global governance
  • industrial policy and development
  • emerging powers - China, India and Brazil