Episode Details

Prime Minister Mark Carney made a nice speech last weekend. But what happens after you walk away from a blown-up trade deal? This episode host Noor Azrieh asks Matina Stevis-Grindeff, the Canada Bureau Chief for the New York Times. Apparently, it includes a renaming of Lake Ontario to Lake America, and a whole lot more.

Host: Noor Azrieh

Credits: Aviva Lessard (Senior Producer), Sam Konnert (Host/Producer), Noor Azrieh (Host/Producer), Caleb Thompson (Audio Editor and Technical Producer), Tristan Capacchione (Senior Production Supervisor), Jesse Brown (Editor)

Photo: The White House

Guests: Matina Stevis-Gridneff

Background reading:

• How U.S.-Canada Tariff Negotiations Turned Into an All-Out Trade War –The New York Times
• Inside the 72 hours that cratered the US-Canada trade deal – POLITICO
• Read Mark Carney's full speech after trade talks with the U.S. collapsed – CBC News
• Canadian seafood industry 'relieved' with removal of their products from retaliatory tariff list – CBC News
• LeBlanc welcomes U.S. decision 'withdrawing positions' on language, culture – CBC News
• Every US product that'll cost more under Canada's new tariffs, from cheese to toilet paper – MTL Blog

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