Republican members of Congress are publicly backing U.S. President Donald Trump in his trade war with Canada and blaming Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government for walking away from negotiations.
Dozens of GOP House members gathered on Capitol Hill on Wednesday for a closed-door meeting with Trump’s point man on tariffs, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer.
While some Republicans are quietly concerned that an escalation of costly tariffs could worsen their re-election prospects in the midterms in November, those who spoke with CBC News after meeting Greer generally expressed support for the president’s trade strategy.
