Playing the Mexico card

Any radical demands will have to take a back seat now that Trump has lumped Canada and Mexico together in his vow to impose 25 per cent tariffs.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, left, needs Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, centre, as a partner in any trade discussions involving U.S. president-elect Donald Trump and his well-known divide-and-conquer tactics, writes Les Whittington.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade, and photographs by Eneas De Troya, and Gage Skidmore

Opinion

BY LES WHITTINGTON

November 27, 2024

OTTAWA—The preferred trade negotiating tactic of Canada’s premiers—via Ontario Premier Doug Ford—of tossing Mexico to the wolves couldn’t be more ironic.

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