Canada-U.S. Trade Talks Enter Crucial Phase as Tariff Deadline Looms

Canada's trade minister is meeting his U.S. counterpart for the third time in three weeks in Washington Tuesday, a sprint of diplomacy that signals how close — and how fraught — a deal is before President Donald Trump's August 19 threat of 50% across-the-board tariffs.

Background

Prime Minister Mark Carney's government is walking a tightrope: trying to secure a comprehensive agreement that heads off devastating tariffs while managing domestic political pressure. An Angus Reid...