The U.S. Ambassador says the idea of Canadians partnering with the United States “is under attack here in Canada.”
Envoy Pete Hoekstra, speaking in Gatineau on Tuesday at a conference on the space sector, played down a costly trade war currently under way between the U.S and Canada, and signalled Washington is closely watching talk from Ottawa about scaling back dealings with the U.S.
From the Trump administration’s perspective, the U.S. is “not in a trade war with Canada,” Mr. Hoekstra said. Rather, he said, Washington is trying to determine what level of tariffs should apply to Canadian products if sellers want to gain access to the U.S.
