I mostly co-sign this analysis of where the trade war's at from the CBC's Aaron Wherry.
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ANALYSIS | Trade 'war' or not, are Canada and the United States now dug in? | CBC News
Jamieson Greer, the U.S. Trade Representative, might not like to think of it as a trade 'war.' But whatever you call it — a difference of opinion? an incongruity? the unpleasantness? — it's been going for more than 19 months. And it seems now that it could be several more months before hostilities are reduced, let alone ceased.
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