Why Canada isn’t listening to American whining in the wine wars
Canada’s boycott of U.S. alcohol demonstrates that retaliation can effectively pressure the Trump administration during a trade war, as shown by the sharp decline in U.S. alcohol exports to Canada, writes former deputy prime minister Chrystia Freeland. She criticizes U.S. tariff policy for targeting intermediate goods such as steel, aluminum and car parts, while warning that protectionism is damaging American industries and undermining long-standing economic partnerships. Trump’s trade policies have deeply damaged Canada’s trust in the United States, she writes. “The world’s democracies can manage without the U.S., but we will be weaker without the biggest economy, with the most powerful military, on our team,” Freeland says. “If post-Trump America wants friends — and it should — it will need to work a lot harder to persuade us to get back together.”
