No doubt many Canadians will be surprised to learn that, according to Prime Minister Mark Carney, Canada has already achieved, “the best trade deal of any country in the world” with U.S. President Donald Trump.

The reason, Carney said on Wednesday, is that. “We have a team, a very senior team, the clerk of the Privy Council is there in Washington as we speak, that is meeting with U.S. counterparts”, plus his own constructive conversations with Trump, including, the PM revealed, their latest “at length” talk on Monday which he described as a “good” conversation.

Carney’s argument is based on his position that because of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) on trade, Canada has an effective average tariff rate of 5.2% on Canadian exports to the U.S., compared to other countries being h

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