As Mark Carney heads to Washington there is clear and obvious pressure on the prime minister to secure some kind of deal. But pressure is growing on the Trump administration as well.

American farmers are clamouring for bailouts, bourbon producers are pushing for tariff relief and automakers are asking for a break of their own.

Meanwhile, new polling shows an increasing share of the American public believes the economy is on the wrong track.

The Trump administration knows the costs of the trade war will become more apparent as it drags on. So, some experts have suggested the president cut a deal now before things get worse.

"My hypothesis has been that a USMCA truce would be politically shrewd ahead of the November 2026 midterms," said Chris Sands, director of the Center for Canadian St

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