Canada's CUSMA Countdown: The Cliff, the Quebec Factor, and the Art of the Near-Deal

Canada's chief trade negotiator, Janice Charette, delivered a stark private warning to her American counterparts last week: imposing new tariffs on August 19 represents a "cliff" that would throw negotiations into a deep chill and ignite a public backlash Ottawa couldn't control. A new Oxford Economics report for the Canadian American Business Council made the stakes public, projecting a CUSMA breakdown would erase 102,000 Canadian jobs and 214,000 American jobs by...