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Canadians watched with interest as U.S. President Donald Trump unleashed on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland this past Wednesday.

A lot of our economy revolves around trade and smooth relations with our neighbour to the south and this current level of uncertainty when it comes to the future of NAFTA has understandably caused anxiety up here in a number of corners.

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Trump was upset with Trudeau for not yet making a deal – claiming our tariffs are too high and that “he doesn’t seem to want to move”. Is that last part true?

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The president said that he turned down a request to meet with Trudeau one-on-one. But the Prime Minister’s Office rejects that there was ever a request made. Believe who you like on this one.

In a recent Sun column Joe Oliver wrote that he hopes Trudeau isn’t letting this relationship fray because it’s good for him electorally to be seen standing up to Trump. We agree.