Business leaders in Canada are urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to show some tough love when he visits the White House this week.
Trudeau is scheduled to meet face-to-face Thursday with U.S. President Joe Biden and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador.
It’s the prime minister’s first visit to Washington since Biden was sworn in 10 months ago — a short stretch of time that has left Canada with hard feelings.
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Goldy Hyder, president and CEO of the Business Council of Canada, says the end of the Donald Trump era may have lulled the federal government into a false sense of security.
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Hyder likens the bilateral relationship to a marriage — one he says Biden is steering towards the rocks, whether the U.S. knows it or not.
As a result, he says, North America finds itself at a global competitive disadvantage compared to the rest of the world.
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