DEVON KRUGGEL: The American government led by Donald Trump is not an honest broker, and it is not an honourable negotiator
The political right in Canada has spent much of its time since last summer complaining that Mark Carney hasn't gotten a deal with the USA while everyone else has. Of course, that's entirely false. Donald Trump promised 90 deals in 90 days and after a full year not one single trade agreement has been signed and sent to the US Senate for ratification. Not one. What Donald Trump did agree to were the frameworks for formal discussions to begin. Canada was already at that step and was in formal negotiations. Then Donald Trump called off the talks in July, which Mark Carney got restarted. Donald Trump called off the talks again last fall and Carney walked away. The European Union and the UK each have one of those framework deals and are in formal negotiations. Now Donald Trump is saying he might issue new tariffs to any and all nations if they don't support his demand that Greenland become part of the United States. Here'...