Canada's Global Tightrope: Trade Talks, Wildfire Smoke Threats, and Diplomatic Shifts

Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc is back in Washington for crunch meetings as President Trump's August 19 tariff deadline looms. The U.S. has threatened 50 per cent tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian exports unless a deal is struck, while LeBlanc tries to rally free-trade support among U.S. business groups and senators. The stakes are sky-high: a failure could trigger a full-blown trade war between the two largest North American...