No more Mr. Nice Trump: president fires warning shot on Cdn wood, dairy, lumber
WASHINGTON — Ever since Donald Trump’s election last fall, the Canadian government has clung to a strategy of low-drama, under-the-radar conversations about trade to keep investors calm in the choppy waters of a NAFTA renegotiation.
It has no plans to change course, no matter how hard the U.S. president tries to rock the boat.
Officials perceive Trump’s sudden spurt of Canada-bashing as a calculated move, typical of his negotiating style, and designed to instill a little fear as NAFTA talks approach.
“(We) are not fazed by it,” one such insider said Thursday.