Time for Canada to ‘get our act together’ amid Trump tariff threats, say foreign policy experts

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U.S. President Donald Trump, pictured in 2022, said he planned to make good on his threat of imposing a 25-per-cent levy on Canadian goods, suggesting they could come on Feb. 1.Gage Skidmore photograph courtesy of Flickr

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BY SAMANTHA WRIGHT ALLEN

January 20, 2025

UPDATED January 20, 2025

Canada needs to do a better job at economic diplomacy to gain influence in the United States and focus on the longer-term, say foreign policy experts as Canada weathers U.S. President Donald Trump's threats for across-the-board tariffs.

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