Power Play: Energy and Manufacturing in North America

 The Wilson Center's Mexico Institute, Canada Institute, and the International Monetary Fund were pleased to host the launch of the book "Power Play: Energy and Manufacturing in North America." Despite the recent fall in energy prices, fuller development of energy resources in North America has potentially important implications for global energy markets and the competitiveness of North American manufacturing industries. The book "Power Play: Energy and Manufacturing in North America" describes the transformation of the energy landscape in North America due to the upsurge in unconventional energy production since the mid-2000s and tells the story of the energy-manufacturing nexus from the perspective of Canada, Mexico, and the United States, and the region as a whole. Based on the research done at the International Monetary Fund, the book discusses the energy boom and its macroeconomic implications for the three countries individually and for the region overall, exploring also how the changing energy landscape can affect the potential benefits of greater integration across the three North American economies.

The presentation from the event can be downloaded below.

Keynote Speaker

Alejandro Werner

Director, Western Hemisphere Department

International Monetary Fund

Additional Speakers

Lusine Lusinyan

Senior Economist

International Monetary Fund

Carlos Hurtado

Alternate Executive Director for Mexico

International Monetary Fund

Jim Prentice

Global Fellow, Canada Institute, Wilson Center

Former Premier of Alberta

Former Minister of the Environment, Canada

Meg Lundsager

Public Policy Fellow, Wilson Center

Former U.S. Executive Director and Alternate Executive Director, International Monetary Fund

Moderator

Duncan Wood

Director, Mexico Institute, Wilson Center

Co-sponsors: