canada-u.s. trade
How soon can Donald Trump hit Canada with car tariffs?
He has a few hoops to jump through first. But if he goes ahead, Trump will tear a gaping hole in the Canada-U.S. trading relationship
In the U.S.-Canada trade war, we are not blameless
Opinion: The Trudeau government has failed to adjust to Washington’s evolving political landscape—and Canada’s provocations have not helped matters
Softwood lumber: Well, that escalated quickly
Wells: On Monday, Fox News carried an interview with a Wisconsin dairy farmer who has hit hard times and blames Canada. The President was watching.
What Donald Trump and ‘buy American’ means for Canada
Trade experts explore what’s worrying Canadian companies that sell into the United States
Why Canada’s sluggish economy spells trouble for the U.S.
Canada’s poor performance is hitting where it hurts, below the border
Ed Fast on Canada’s shift toward Asia, FTAs and exports of expertise
The minister of international trade talks with Luiza Ch. Savage
On Newt’s Canadian comment: Harper’s long view of Canada-U.S. trade
After he won the South Carolina primary on Saturday, Newt Gingrich’s derisive remarks about Barack Obama’s relationship with Stephen Harper had a ring of partial truth about them.
Behind that Prentice Wikileak
Much like “Jurist”, I had to laugh at the headlines conjured up in the wake of the most interesting Wikileaks revelation so far concerning Canada. The Globe, summarizing the leaked minute of a private meeting between former Environment Minister Jim Prentice and U.S. Ambassador David Jacobson, says “[Prentice] threatened to impose new rules on oil sands”. Okayyy, but it’s not really a threat if you make it only in the presence of a third party, is it? We’ve all met fake tough guys who are full of stories about how they really told so-and-so off, but who are really just imagining what they would have said if their spine weren’t made of marmalade. Similarly, the CBC has it “Prentice was ready to curb oilsands”, mysteriously failing to add “…but he didn’t really get around to it, and then one day he just cleaned out his desk and left.”
Nafta-gate silver lining?
At a panel I spoke at earlier this week, an official from the Canadian embassy made an interesting point: Nafta-gate netted a windfall of serious and positive coverage of Nafta and the trade relationship with Canada. In fact, he said that no amount of money could have bought such substantive and positive coverage of the importance to the US economy of trade with Canada (I paraphrase.)
Interesting. And here I was worried that it made many Democrats think that the current Canadian government was some sort of northern outpost of the McCain campaign.
But the embassy actually has a list of stories to back up the claim. Here are some of them: