Canada vs. United States: evenly matched

It’s really about sovereignty, not trade, and Canada stands a fair chance of winning.
Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, and U.S. President Donald Trump. As many Canadians have already concluded, Trump’s imperial vision of an exclusive U.S. 'sphere of influence' in the Americas requires explicit acts of submission from the involuntary residents of that new domain, writes Gwynne Dyer.The Hill Times photographs by Andrew Meade and courtesy of the White House/Daniel Torok
Opinion
BY GWYNNE DYER
August 27, 2026

Canada’s "trade war" with the United States, ignited on Aug. 21 when Prime Minister Mark Carney

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