Tariff export quotas could spare Canada pain from U.S. and serve as negotiating tactic with Trump, says Hampson

Fen Hampson says Canadian negotiators should consider redirecting talks towards tariff rate quota-based trade, but others say Donald Trump likely has little interest in applying them in a trade deal.

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, and Prime Minister Mark Carney pictured in the Oval Office at the White House on May 6, 2025.Photograph courtesy Official White House photographer Daniel Torok

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BY CHRISTOPHER GULY

August 18, 2025

The endless rounds of negotiations between Canada and the United States regarding tariffs could take a dramatic turn if Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government offers American President Donald Trump’s administration a cap on what it exports south of the border, argues Fe...

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