The New North America Initiative

Carlo Dade & Alex Giordano

Since 2025, the United States has negotiated a series of Agreements on Reciprocal Trade (ART). The new ARTs, which range from formal FTAs to frameworks to memorandums to news releases, are executive arrangements negotiated, implemented, modified and ended by President Donald Trump with no congressional participation, let alone approval. 

They give the Trump administration extraordinary power, flexibility and speed to impose new trade conditions and adjust them as it wishes without much in the way of real time constraint and only slow, arduous court proceedings as a constraint after damage has been done and concessions extracted.

The Calgary Statement stating the vision for the future of our shared continent is a product of the New North America Summit in June that in included many of the current leaders in public policy in both countries. More importantly, it brought together the next generation of leaders. They will inherit the fallout of a mess they didn’t create and are stepping up to ensure this long-standing partnership endures. 

 While current events dominate the news, the Calgary Statement lays out a path forward. 

NEXT GENERATION LEADERSHIP FOR OUR SHARED CONTINENT

June 15-16 | Calgary, AB

The New North America Initiative convened a select group of current and future thought leaders and stakeholders on the North American relationship to develop a future-oriented vision for our shared continent and practical steps to achieve it.