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90 per cent of Canadian exports to the U.S. are covered by the USMCA – but any of the three signatories can leave the agreement with just six months’ notice. Share Save for later Please log in to bookmark this story. Log In Create Free Account

By now, dozens of countries know they cannot outplay U.S. President Donald Trump in the tariff game. Switzerland learned so the hard way this week, when President Karin Keller-Sutter came back empty-handed after an emergency visit to the White House, where she tried – and failed – to convince the Trump regime to dilute the 39-per-cent tariff imposed on her country’s exports.

Switzerland! Small, neutral, not a member of the European Union (for which Mr. Trump has utter disdain), and an enthusiastic buyer of U.S. mil

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