CLOSE AS the two countries are geographically, a great asymmetry characterizes the relationship between the United States and Canada. And Canadians, as much as they generally like and appreciate the United States, worry about it, too. Accordingly, there will be no solution to the current dangerous impasse over hemispheric trade if the Trump administration fails to take Canada’s concerns into account. Mr. Trump, by contrast, has insisted on getting rid of Chapter 19 and has succeeded in persuading Mexico to abandon the version that applied to it. For Canada, though, Chapter 19 still seems a dealbreaker, even if, truth be told, its importance today is more symbolic than economic.

Source: Washington Post September 26, 2018 00:00 UTC