But he also dropped a not-so-subtle reminder of how his government was able to renegotiate a new free trade agreement with the United States and Mexico, and eventually got the U.S. tariffs lifted. ——NATURAL GAS RUINING GREEN EFFORTS: REPORTThe Global Energy Monitor says an international boom in liquefied natural gas exports is undermining global efforts to stop climate change and Canada is one of the industry’s biggest players. Only the United States, at 39 per cent, has more new natural gas exports in the works, the report says. ——UKRAINE’S COMEDIAN-TURNED-PRESIDENT IN CANADAUkraine’s new president makes his North American debut in Toronto later today — more than a month before he is to visit the United States — and the country’s envoy says that’s no mistake. Zelenskiy, a popular actor and comedian with no previous political experience, is to meet Prime Minister Justin Trudeau at a major international conference on his future that opens today, and that Canada is hosting.

Source: National Post July 02, 2019 08:15 UTC