Here's this week's briefing:NAFTA next steps: King of the NorthCanadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau probably doesn't want to be the odd man out in any revised North American Free Trade Agreement. Because of this, the Canadians probably think you are willing to soften your red lines and deadlines in other areas. We are seeing Russia make military moves that we think are a prelude to another Assad chemical weapons attack. Their air defense systems weren't very successful against the last US missile attack in April (after an Assad chemical weapons attack). We interpret this as Russia trying to shape the narrative about impending Syrian chemical weapons use before it happens.

Source: CNN September 02, 2018 23:41 UTC