b'COVER STORYUNCERTAINTY AT THEBORDERBy Matthew BradfordAs a trade war between Canada and the U.S. looms, mobility professionals ready themselves for the possible impactT ensions are forming at themuch longer, observes Cristina Guida,actions, stand to greatly impact Canadian Canada-U.S. border, where apartner and corporate immigration prac- organizations and their supply chains. And mounting trade dispute andtice director with Green and Spiegel LLP.while some threats may lack teeth, their tightening immigration policiesWe don\'t know what changes are goingpossible impacts are hard to ignore. are lining up to impact cross- to happen or how any of those execu-border mobility. It may be too early totive orders [President Donald Trump] is"Trump is saying a lot of things, but it\'s a tell howor even whenthese changessigning with respect to immigration willwait-and-see situation," says Guida. "That will take shape, but the time is now forimpact Canada."makes it difficult for companies to plan mobility professionals to get ready to act. At issue are Trump\'s oft-repeated threatsfor the future and understand what they As of todays date, people are movingof 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods,can and can\'t do now or even six months like they were before. The issue wereas well as plans to limit immigration intoahead because things can change infacing, though, is we dont know for howthe U.S. These, among other potentialan instant."14PERSPECTIVESSpring 2025'