Trade Symposium – Tariffs & Trade Wars: Unpacking the Risks & Opportunities

For Members only.

Tariffs and trade wars are remaking many industries.  The cosmetics and personal care product sector is not immune!

How and where our industry sources manufacturing inputs, makes and packages our products, and across what borders we distribute them to our customers are now all up for re-evaluation.  For the first time in many decades, our industry is having to re-think how it does business to both reduce the risks caused by chaotic tariff and trade policy and to take advantage of emerging opportunities that can easily be missed.

Our Cosmetic Alliance trade symposium is designed to bring you up to date on the “big picture” of trade and trade negotiations, as well as to drill down on some of the key opportunities that are emerging for our sector, especially for “Canadian-made” cosmetic products.

As several of our expert presenters will point out, there is a “structural realignment” that is reshaping the competitive landscape of the beauty industry towards Canada and that this shift is accelerating.  As one of our presenters has observed, “As brands rethink their global sourcing strategies, Canada is positioning itself not just as a safe harbour but as a strategic hub for the next decade of cosmetic innovation, production, and export.”

The world in which our industry has operated for decades is changing rapidly.  We MUST be prepared to explore and understand the new “realities” and opportunities ahead!

Don’t miss out on learning more about these emerging opportunities that can help your company reduce risk and take full advantage of the quickly shifting business environment.