Daniel Trefler is the Chair in Competitiveness and Prosperity at the Rotman School of Management, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the Canadian Economic Associationn, and the NBER.

His research focuses on the intersection of innovation, inequality, and trade. He has advised extensively on Canada’s major trade agreements and Canada–US / Canada-China economic relations. He also advises on the international governance of artificial intelligence.

Trefler’s contributions have been recognized with numerous distinctions, including the Killam Prize in the Social Sciences and the Bank of Canada Fellowship Award. He has delivered academic and public lectures internationally and his work has been cited in major media outlets including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and The Economist.