Elbows and Chin Up: A Whirlwind Week in the U.S.-Canada Trade War

After trade talks collapsed, Mark Carney rallied the nation, Canadian businesses stood defiant, and President Trump moved to rename Lake Ontario. By Matina Stevis-Gridneff Ian Austen and Vjosa Isai For the past two weeks we have worked closely with our Washington colleagues to get the most detailed, corroborated account of what happened when weeks of trade talks between Canada and the United States broke down late last Friday night. Saturday morning brought a rallying speech from Prime Minister Mark Carney , and the two countries are now locked into a trade war. President Trump restarted his rhetorical attacks on Canada’s sovereignty and signed an executive order renaming Lake Ontario to “Lake America,” a decision derided, mocked and shrugged off by Canadians and others. We put each side’s claims to the other and found that, fundamentally, there were no major discrepancies between the two narratives, despite the heightened political tensions in the days after.

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