John Ivison: Trump’s tariffs on Canada are about to get worse

John Ivison/National Post: But two developments are working in Canada’s favour.

One is that members of Congress up for re-election in November are starting to show that their fear of hard-up voters is outweighing their fear of Trump.

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The second area of prospective relief for Canada is the renewal, and even expansion, of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico trade agreement.

“That’s the best way to avoid all of this,” said Goldy Hyder, president of the Business Council of Canada.

Hyder said if Trump had wanted to withdraw from CUSMA, he would have done so a long time ago. “He’s negotiating.”…