The lesson Canada’s prime minister learned from Brexit is helping in its trade rift with US

By Walaa-Eldeen Bakry, Director of Executive Education, University of Westminster

The trade conflict between Canada and the United States is heating up and has moved beyond rhetoric. After the latest round of negotiations failed, the US imposed 50% tariffs on around C$27.6 billion (£14.68 billion) of Canadian goods on August 22. Canada is responding swiftly with dollar-for-dollar retaliation to take effect on September 8.

Two other events in September give this confrontation wider significance. The first is that from September 1 Britain and Canada can trade with each other under the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership

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