Managing Trump: The Canadian Response /

Shortly after taking the international trade portfolio in the new government, she closed the deal on the country-of-origin labelling dispute11 that had dragged on for a decade, through able personal diplomacy with conservative Republican Pat Roberts, the chair of the U. S. Senate’s Managing Trump: The Canadian Response Page 4 by Colin Robertson April, 2017 Managing Trump: The Canadian Response Agr [...] The joint statement declared a “commitment to continue to strengthen our ties for the benefit of our mutual prosperity and security” and instructed cabinet officers to handle the follow-up.18 Proof that the meeting had registered with the president came in his first joint address19 to Congress two weeks later when he mentioned Canada twice — commending Canadian immigration policies and noting the [...] Scott Pruitt and Secretary of Energy Rick Perry as well as senators John McCain and Lindsey Graham with the message “We’re in Washington to make the case that free trade means more jobs for both Canada and the U. S. We must guard against protectionism in North America.”25 The premier punctuated his remarks at the Heritage Foundation with a reminder that the “mustard for hot dogs likely came from M [...] S. relations and was Managing Trump: The Canadian Response Page 7 by Colin Robertson April, 2017 Managing Trump: The Canadian Response another clear, but subtle, effort in the ongoing Canadian attempt for a seat on the UN Security Council in 2020.31 Trudeau told the audience, “the world gets to see what it is to lean on each other and be there for each other through the darkest times …There is no [...] Managing Trump: The Canadian Response Page 9 by Colin Robertson April, 2017 Managing Trump: The Canadian Response An memorandum drafted shortly after the election by the Trump team suggested that the Trump administration wants “amendments to the treaty, which could include measures on currency manipulation, lumber, country-of-origin labelling and environmental and safety standards.”38 Dispute sett