American contempt for Latin America on full display

U.S. President Donald Trump has interfered in both Brazilian and Argentine politics, and the U.S. Navy continues its strikes off Venezuela’s coast in a humiliating show of disregard for the country.
Indulging in absurd anti-U.S. rhetoric? You’re doing a solid for Moscow and Beijing

The U.S. is not the partner that it once was, but in a world at risk of major war, it is doing exactly what we all need it to do.
‘Culture is not on the table’ in trade talks amid film tariff threats and domestic digital policy uncertainty, says Guilbeault

The Canadian Media Producers Association is urging Prime Minister Mark Carney to ‘rethink’ any potential of using the Online Streaming Act as a ‘bargaining chip’ in his negotiations with U.S. President Donald Trump.
House Trade Committee needs to be ‘respectful’ of Carney’s approach to Trump talks, says Liberal chair

The government has released few details about the state of negotiations with the U.S., seemingly at odds with its acknowledgement that Canadians have concerns over a lack of transparency in trade talks.
Keystone XL is back from the dead, and so are the politics of pipelines

Advancing major projects may be a consequence of Canada-U.S. tensions, but it’s unclear how the prime minister can reconcile this approach with caucus members who favour more decisive climate action.
Can Carney connect before goodwill, space, and grace run out?

The government needs to realize the armchair play-calling about its aptitude or lack thereof in dealing with the U.S. is going to kick up.
Carney has an obligation to better define his priorities for the Canada-U.S. relationship

Meanwhile, we need much greater debate on our choices—and this is where Parliament is derelict in its duty.
Trump’s peace plan still has to fly

If Donald Trump had laid out a detailed plan for a two-state solution, complete with deadlines, he would have richly deserved the Nobel Peace Prize. There is no Nobel Ceasefire Prize.
Here’s the best Canadian strategy on the U.S. Supreme Court’s review of Trump’s potentially illegal global tariffs

Canada’s focus should be on cementing rules-based, new trading partnerships with the Latin American countries in the Mercosur trade bloc, seeking even closers ties with the European Union, and expanding trade with the 11 Pacific Rim nations.
‘Canada is getting more and more important for us,’ says visiting German Bundestag member

In a wide-ranging interview, Johannes Winkel talks a renewed Canada-German relationship, Trump shocks, European security, and the future of free trade.