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Canada’s Trade War, A New Trade World? with Lawrence Herman

S03E17
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Recorded Saturday August 29, 2026

Nearly four decades after Canada tied its economic future to closer integration with the United States, is that experiment coming to an end?

International trade lawyer Lawrence Herman joins Peter and Jeremy to discuss Ottawa’s delegation walking out of negotiations with Washington and why he believes the old free-trade relationship is gone. The conversation then turns to how Canada can build a more resilient economy through stronger ties with Europe and Asia, not to mention fewer trade barriers between provinces.

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