The Hill Times: “I think it is extraordinarily unlikely that the results of the midterms are going to produce any meaningful change in U.S. trade policy and tariff policy towards Canada,” said former U.S. ambassador to Canada David Cohen, who was appointed to the role in 2021 by then-U.S. president Joe Biden.
“The current policy is 100 per cent president and executive-branch driven,” he told The Hill Times. “You can argue they should be, but [tariffs] are not and have not been set by Congress for a long time—certainly not in the Trump administration.”.
Historically, Republicans have endorsed more of a free trade approach while Democrats have leaned protectionist…