Trudeau uses Mulroney’s negotiating playbook to deal with Trump the right way, says author of new book

In an overview of ex-PM Brian Mulroney's foreign policy, political scientist Fen Hampson writes that he was a 'master of persuasion' who cultivated deep ties and outsized influence with U.S. presidents.

Carleton University professor Fen Hampson says his new book on Brian Mulroney's foreign policy shows 'what can we learn from a period when Canada stood tall on the world stage in terms of how we manage not just our bilateral relations but our international relations.'The Hill Times file photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY SHRUTI SHEKAR

June 6, 2018

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is “doing it right” by former Progressive Conservative prime minister Brian Mulroney's negotiating playbook by slapping tariffs on $16.6-billion worth of U.S. imports, says Carleton University professor Fen Osler Hampson, the author of a...

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