Jonathan T. Fried

Mr. Fried is a senior adviser to the Albright Stonebridge Group in Washington, D.C., and adviser to Independent Economics in London, following his distinguished diplomatic career for Canada. He is a member of the Friends of Multilateralism Group in Geneva and remains active on North American trade and economic issues. He previously served as the personal representative of the prime minister for the G20 and deputy minister and coordinator for international economic relations on Canada-Asia and global trade and economic policy. In 2021–22, he was executive adviser to Global Affairs Canada on Canada’s Indo-Pacific strategy. As World Trade Organization (WTO) ambassador from 2012–17, he was chair of the Dispute Settlement Body and subsequently of the General Council. Prior roles include ambassador to Japan, executive director at the International Monetary Fund, senior foreign policy adviser to the prime minister, G7/G20 finance deputy, Canada’s senior trade official and chief negotiator on China’s WTO accession, and lead counsel for NAFTA. Mr. Fried is a distinguished fellow of the Asia-Pacific Foundation and the Canadian Global Affairs Institute and is a board member of the Central and East European Law Institute, Prague. He has also served as a professor of law at the University of Toronto and an adjunct professor at the University of Ottawa and Georgetown University. He received his BA and LLB from the University of Toronto and his LLM from Columbia University. He was awarded by the Emperor of Japan the Order of the Rising Sun in 2022.