Businesses ‘desperately in search of certainty’ on trade deal—but at what price?

The Canadian Press: Canada’s business community says a deal that lets most goods flow to the United States tariff-free is the top goal as negotiators gear up for trade talks. But corporate leaders disagree on how best to reach that outcome, diverging on whether a quick-and-dirty deal or a wait-and-see approach offers the best path.

The former brings stability for companies sooner but possibly at the cost of more concessions, while the latter sees Trump’s sagging poll numbers ahead of the U.S. midterm elections as leverage for Canadian negotiators, but prolongs the pain at home, the arguments go…

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