Ambassador tells Canada to don ‘sales hat’ after Trump questions future of trade pact

The Canadian Press: “When the president says we don’t need this from Canada, or there’s nothing we need, America has a tremendous amount of things where we have a need,” U.S. Ambassador to Canada Pete Hoekstra said at the U.S.-Canada Summit in Toronto Thursday.

Ottawa should put on its “sales hat” and make the case that it’s better for the United States to work with Canada, Hoekstra said.

His comments come after Trump said Wednesday he is “not looking to renew” the Canada-U.S.-Mexico-Agreement on trade, known as CUSMA, ahead of a July 1 deadline…

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