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Originally Posted by burn_this_city
Exactly. There's ample evidence that regardless of what's fair or legal the US will cheat when it's in their interest. The idea that Harper was too pushy or didn't comply with their conditions are rubbish. They'll keep moving the goal posts far enough for you to become uncompetitive or drag it out long enough to satisfy their self interests. Obama has been a terrible President when it comes to Canada. I know people here love the idealized version of him, but he's been awful for our interests.
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But that's business in government.
Canada has to find a way to strengthen its negotiating position with the American's when it comes to trade, whether that's imposing tariffs on American products or imposing inspection cost increases on purely built outside of Canada products from the States, we've gone to long without leverage and been kicked in the sack for that.
There is a lot of disharmony between Canada and the White House right now, while the relationship is still very strong between Canada and the U.S. I believe that Canada has been going so hard in terms of trade initiatives outside of the U.S. markets because America has way to much leverage over Canada.
I also think that Harper felt personally insulted when Obama rebuked him for his stance when Harper told Putin to get out of the Ukraine basically.
I don't think that either leader is sending the other Christmas Cards and exchanging phone calls in July.