Ottawa’s envoy to Washington downplayed talk of growing trade irritants with the U.S., a day after President Donald Trump sharply criticized Canada’s well-guarded dairy sector. “All I can tell you is I’ve had ongoing discussions with the White House . and all of those discussions have been positive and professional — they’ve been extremely responsive,” MacNaughton said. In the meantime, MacNaughton said Canada needs to be prepared on every single issue when it comes to cross-border trade and shouldn’t isolate any one sector. He said both he and Ottawa would continue to speak out for Canadian interests when necessary, and expects U.S. politicians to do the same.

Source: thestar April 19, 2017 18:17 UTC