The issue is with blanket reversals of those protectionist policies that happen too quickly a ton of people lose jobs. If the goal is increased free trade / access to the Canadian market, the terms of that can obviously be negotiated. If you impose tariffs first and try to negotiate you've not only created a situation where the political will to make a deal with you among those on the other side of the table, who need votes in a few months, is nil; you've also practically hamstrung them because the hurt you've put on them economically makes them less flexible and less able to adapt to the changes you're demanding.
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