That night, avid Fox viewer Donald Trump invoked the wartime powers of the Defense Production Act to, as he tweeted, “hit 3M hard” on the issue of N95 respirator masks. They can push back if they want,” Trump said when asked about the Canadian government and 3M objecting to the order. In many critical areas, supply chains straddle the Canada-U.S. border, and that integration is largely based on trust. The American response to Canada’s appeals now stand to either strengthen or profoundly damage that trust. And it’s not just trust in Canada’s biggest trading partner that hangs in the balance — it’s possibly the lives of thousands of Canadians.

Source: thestar April 03, 2020 23:37 UTC