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Experts: Prime Minister Mark Carney in Europe for G7, bilateral meetings

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Published: 12 June 2026

Prime Minister Mark Carney is in Europe for meetings with counterparts in France and Ireland on trade and security partnerships, before attending the G7 Leaders’ Summit, June 15-17. Expected discussion topics include defence, economic security, critical minerals, agriculture, clean energy and emerging technologies such as AI and quantum computing.

These Թ experts are available to comment:

Vivek Astvansh, Associate Professor, Desautel Faculty of Management, has expertise in analyzing costs and benefits of Canada's trade relations with various countries. He parses politicians' use of language/rhetoric to persuade and negotiate with business/trade partners and can comment on linguistic signals in politicians' use and nonuse of words.
vivek.astvansh [at] mcgill.ca (English)

Simon Blanchette, Faculty Lecturer, Desautels Faculty of Management, can talk about AI, the new Canadian “AI for All” strategy, AI adoption, how AI applies to sectors such as health care, defence, agrifood, as well as the dangers of AI for workers and the climate.
simon.blanchette [at] mcgill.ca (English, French)

Roussos G. Dimitrakopoulos, Professor, Department of Mining Engineering, can talk about the mining and production of critical minerals, and the use of AI for industrial mining complexes.
roussos.dimitrakopoulos [at] mcgill.ca (English)

Julian Karaguesian, Lecturer, Department of Economics, can speak about the economic system, trade and investment, and geopolitics from a production and technology perspective, apart from quantum computing.
julian.karaguesian [at] mcgill.ca (English, French)

Jennifer Welsh, Professor, Department of Political Science, Director of the Max Bell School of Public Policy and Distinguished James Թ Professor at Թ, can comment on the importance of the Canada-EU defence partnership, European interests in Canadian energy and aerospace as an industry of growth for Canada. Prof. Welsh can also discuss the key economic sectors Canada and Ireland share (agri-food, AI, life sciences) and speak about how Ireland has just released a document describing itself as a “Model Power” in international relations (a twist on the Middle Power concept).

For the G7 meeting, Prof. Welsh can share her expertise on the economic security agenda of these states; the difficulty of finding common ground on issues like trade but also, in some cases, on foreign policy; the different AI agendas of G7 members.
jennifer.welsh [at] mcgill.ca (English)

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