Canada's Trade Defiance Offers a Blueprint for Europe, But at What Cost? Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has emerged as an unlikely hero in Brussels and Strasbourg following his dramatic exit from U. S.
Canada trade talks. European Union leaders are weighing their response to Donald Trump's latest trade demands, and they would do well to study the playbook of Canada's defiant prime minister.
However, beneath the surface of this apparent enthusiasm for Canada's defiance lies a more complex reality. Europe's current leaders seem hesitant to follow Trudeau's lead publicly, wary of provoking Trump's ire.