Leaders of Canada and Mexico Vow Closer Economic Ties in the Face of Trump Trade Uncertainty

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : "Trump looms over this visit.
52% : They dodged questions about provocations by Trump and any tensions with the American leader, threading the word "optimism" throughout the press conference.
51% : (Reuters) Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and President Claudia Sheinbaum promised Thursday to strengthen trade relations in the face of US tariff threats and pushed to keep the most important free trade agreement in the Western Hemisphere alive in the lead-up to negotiations next year.
47% : But Trump has some sector-specific tariffs, known as 232 tariffs, that are having an impact.
42% : Sheinbaum has said they want to increase bilateral trade in different sectors through the free-trade agreement and do so through maritime routes, which would avoid those goods having to pass through the United States.
42% : Trump lumped Canada in with Mexico on fentanyl smuggling and promised sweeping tariffs on both countries.
42% : Trump looms over visit Mexico and Canada have had different approaches to manage the negotiations with Trump's administration but both countries want to increase bilateral commerce within the North American treaty.
41% : Sheinbaum said the countries are already setting up teams and reviewing the agreement with the hopes of keeping trilateral free trade in place.
41% : Carney and Sheinbaum now recognize that tag-teaming Trump may be more effective than competing for separate deals with Trump, although they are still angling for them," said Wiseman, the professor.
40% : Decades of free trade among the three nations has inextricably intertwined their economies: More than 75% of Canada's exports and more than 80% of Mexico's go to the US.
30% : "Their priority is to strategize on how to deal with Trump and the coming renegotiation of the USMCA.
18% : Ontario Premier Doug Ford said then that Trump comparing Canada to the Mexico was "the most insulting thing I've ever heard from our friends and closet allies, the United States of America.

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