Authors

Gavin Fridell

Gavin Fridell is a University Research Professor in Global Development Studies at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax and a member of the CCPA’s Trade and Investment Research Project (TIRP). He is co-editor, with Zack Gross and Sean McHugh, of The Fair Trade Handbook: Building a Better World, Together.

Gavin Fridell's articles

March 17, 2023

Trade Ministers of the World Unite? Climate Crises and the Future of Trade

Is the new Coalition of Trade Ministers on Climate a branding exercise, or a potentially useful tool?

November 30, 2022

Climate importing: Understanding Europe’s proposed climate trade rules

Trade tensions surround prospective launch of Europe’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism

January 20, 2022

Supermax case may signal shift in Canada’s policy on tackling forced labour

Enforcement of workers’ rights in global value chains has been a long time coming

September 1, 2021

Demanding justice: Can trade policy be fair?

What role can international trade agreements play in combatting climate change and closing gender gaps?

May 1, 2021

Canada and the COVID-19 waiver

An unethical position that needs to change.

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