The Imperial Presidency

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Trump is starting a trade war. If he wants to absorb Canada, what comes next will be worse

The first shots of the trade war between the United States and Canada have been fired.

Whether it escalates beyond the planned 25 per cent tariff into a wider economic war depends upon how genuinely serious President Donald Trump is about annexation, experts say.

U.S. to increase tariffs if Canada retaliates: sources

You hit first, and if we defend ourselves you'll hit us even harder. You're a bully, and you're doing everything you can to drive us away from you..


With its U.S. alliance under pressure, could Canada join the EU?

Consider that over half of Canadians identify as having European ancestry, and Canada and the EU have more shared values than Canada and the U.S.A. do. On the other hand, there's still a waiting list of countries who have already expressed a desire to join the EU.