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b"Recorded: Jan 8, 2020 -- In this episode Canada's Consul General to the Southern US, Nadia Theodore talked with host Patrick Ryan, Ambassador Charles Bowers and TNWAC Chair Jim Shepherd about the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement signed by President Trump on Jan 29, 2020; about US-Canada and US-Tennessee commercial relations and the global issues connecting Americans and Canadians.\\n\\nBiography\\n\\nNadia Theodore joined the Canadian civil service in 2000. She has made her career in the Trade Agreement and Negotiations Branch of Global Affairs, holding leadership positions on several recent and major trade initiatives of Global Affairs Canada, including serving as one of the two Deputy Chief Negotiators for the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership and as the Executive Director of Canada\\u2019s Secretariat for the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement.\\nConsul General Theodore previously served at Canada's Permanent Mission to the World Trade Organization and at Canada's Permanent Mission to the United Nations, in Geneva Switzerland. Directly prior to being named Consul General for the US Southeast, in August 2017, she served in Ottawa as Chief of Staff and Executive Director to Canada\\u2019s Deputy Minister for International Trade.\\n\\nWith over 10 years of trade policy experience, Ms. Theodore\\u2019s appointment came as Canada, Mexico and the United States launched negotiations to modernize the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). As part of Canada\\u2019s international trade negotiating team, Ms. Theodore built a reputation for forging strong partnerships with government and business leaders and managing complex, priority trade initiatives.\\n\\nMs. Theodore was born and raised in Ottawa, Ontario. She holds a Bachelor of Laws from the University of London and an M.A. in Political Science from Carleton University.\\n\\n\\n-- United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement \\n\\tWhy was an agreement necessary? NAFTA shortcomings?\\n\\tWhat are the main points of the agreement? \\n\\tWhat are the benefits for Canada?\\n\\tWhat are the benefits for the USA?\\n-- CPTPP \\u2013 Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans Pacific Partnership\\n\\tCan you tell us about Canada\\u2019s reaction to the death of the TPP and its participation in the CPTPP?\\n-- Canada commercial activity with Tennessee\\n\\tDiscuss the scope of trade/investment\\n\\tWhat should Tennessee business people know about Canada opportunities?\\nTHE RELATIONSHIP\\n-- What is the state of US-Canada relations?"