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Book by Rotman School Professor on Canada’s Relationship with China Named as a Finalist for The Donner Prize

Toronto, April 15, 2020 – Living with China: A Middle Power Finds Its Way by Wendy Dobson, a professor emerita at the University of Toronto’s Rotman School of Management, has been named a finalist for the 2019/2020 Donner Prize, the award recognizing the best public policy book by a Canadian.

The book, published last year by Rotman-UTP Publishing, amidst the ongoing trade tensions between North American and Chinese officials, presents a compelling case for Canada to develop its own long-term China strategy. Market reforms will be key drivers of China’s future growth. But Chinese leaders are wary of spontaneous market forces undermining the Party’s political stability. In her book, Prof. Dobson shows how Canadian policy makers can navigate this perennial tension. Her strategy for improving Canada’s relationship with China includes more leadership from top officials, addressing human rights and security issues, as well as negotiating bilateral trade liberalization.

Wendy Dobson is Professor Emerita of Economic Analysis and Policy, and former Canadian Associate Deputy Minister of Finance. Her most recent publications are Partners and Rivals: The Uneasy Future of China’s Relationship with the United States (2014), The Future of Canada’s Relationship with China (2015) and Modernizing NAFTA: A Canadian Perspective (2017).

The Donner Prize, founded in 1998, annually rewards excellence and innovation in public policy writing by Canadians. In bestowing this award, the Donner Canadian Foundation seeks to broaden policy debates, and to make an original and meaningful contribution to policy discourse, all of which will contribute to an even stronger and more inclusive Canadian democracy.

Rotman-UTP Publishing is an imprint of University of Toronto Press (UTP). Founded in 1901, UTP is one of the largest university presses in North America and releases over 200 new books each year with a backlist of over 3,500 titles in print. For more information, visit https://utorontopress.com/

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