Carney’s push toward realpolitik

The Globe and Mail Editorial: The biggest challenge still lies ahead. Because the United States will always be Canada’s most important trading partner, the first and greatest priority must be to protect the tariff exemptions by preserving – if necessary, by renegotiating – CUSMA. That said, it is not in Canada’s interest to rush into a deal. As Derek Burney, who as Mr. Mulroney’s chief of staff during the Canada-U.S. free trade negotiations in the 1980s was a key figure in those negotiations, recently observed, “time may be our best ally” in the CUSMA talks…