How does a piece of Canadian meat actually end up on a plate in a Shanghai restaurant? The journey is far more complicated than putting it on a ship and sending it across the Pacific. In this interactive workshop and discussion hosted by Emile, a professional in the meat export industry, you’ll step inside the surprisingly complex world of international food trade. Participants will become exporters, importers, restaurant buyers, government representatives and other players in the supply chain, working together — and sometimes against each other — to get a shipment from producer to customer. Along the way, you’ll negotiate prices, responsibilities and risks while learning how approvals, shipping, customs, tariffs, importers and buyers actually fit together in the real world.

And, just like in the real world, things will change unexpectedly. Perhaps a new tariff appears, customs challenges the shipment or an unexpected import restriction threatens everything. Who absorbs the extra cost? Do you renegotiate? Find a lawful alternative or walk away completely? Drawing on Emile’s real-world industry experience, you’ll problem-solve your way through the crisis before coming back together to examine which strategies worked, which decisions backfired, and whether your steak ever actually made it to Shanghai. Expect negotiation, persuasion, disagreement and compromise, mixed with fascinating insights into a global business most of us encounter every day without ever thinking about how it works.

一块加拿大牛肉到底是怎么最终出现在上海某家餐厅的盘子里的？这段旅程远比“装上船、运过太平洋”复杂得多。在这场由肉类出口行业专业人士Emile主持的互动工作坊与讨论中，你会走进国际贸易这个比想象中复杂得多的世界。参与者会扮演出口商、进口商、餐厅采购、政府代表和供应链上的其他角色，互相合作——有时候也互相博弈——把一批货从生产者送到客户手中。过程中你要谈判价格、责任和风险，同时了解审批、运输、清关、关税、进口商和采购方在现实世界中到底是怎么衔接在一起的。

而且，就像真实世界一样，事情会突然出变化。可能突然冒出一个新关税，海关对货物提出质疑，或者一个意外的进口限制威胁到整单生意。谁来承担额外成本？重新谈判？找合法的替代方案？还是干脆放弃？借助Emile的真实行业经验，你会一步步解决问题、度过危机，然后再一起复盘：哪些策略奏效了，哪些决定翻车了，以及你的牛排到底有没有成功抵达上海。现场会有谈判、说服、分歧和妥协，搭配对这个全球性行业的内行洞察——我们大多数人每天都在接触，却很少想过它到底是怎么运作的。