Why Trump could help Canada get a better trade deal with China

‘If America is not going to answer the concerns of Canada and Mexico, China can answer those terms,’ says policy analyst Robert Daly.

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang during his official visit to Ottawa in September. China's leadership will be waiting to win over U.S. allies disaffected by a protectionist U.S. Trump administration, say a U.S. policy analyst and Canada's former ambassador to China. The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

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BY PETER MAZEREEUW

January 25, 2017

Canada could get a better trade deal with China, thanks to United States President Donald Trump’s aggressive stance on North American trade, says a U.S.-China policy expert who was in Ottawa last week to brief Canadian foreign ministry officials. China’s l...

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