Canada optimistic North American free trade pact will survive

Dominic LeBlanc, Ottawa's minister for Canada-US trade, also cast doubt on the notion that Trump could ditch the agreement entirely, something the president has reportedly weighed as tension with Canada has mounted. "I'm not pessimistic about the trilateral framework renewing," LeBlanc told the Canadian Club of Toronto, referring to the United States-Mexico-Canada agreement, which Trump signed and praised during his first term. LeBlanc noted that when Trump announced new global tariffs last week...