Chrystia Freeland: “But it has to start with stopping punching your friends in the face, which is what Washington is doing right now.”

These are the dumbest tariffs in history. This is utterly self-mutilating.

That is not a way to have a partnership, and Canadians simply won't stand for it.

My response was dollar-for-dollar retaliation. And after a few months, without any concessions, he lifted those tariffs.

The biggest problem with surrendering to White House bullying is that it helps make the case that trade really is a zero-sum game and that intimidation of your allies really does work.