Don’t Expect Canada to Roll Over

New York Times: “Ever since the United States on July 1 declined to renew the trade deal President Trump negotiated with Canada and Mexico in his first term, the Canadian government, and many Canadians, have been bracing for his administration to try to use pressure tactics to extract concessions on trade.”

“On Monday the administration did just that, upping the ante, as Mr. Trump made use, for the first time in history, of a nearly century-old provision to impose fresh tariffs on the second-largest U.S. trading partner.”

“But the move is more likely to elicit stoicism than panic from the Canadian side.”