A new year will bring Donald Trump back to the White House and start a fresh wave of anxiety as America’s closest neighbours prepare for the Republican’s disruptive agenda and looming threats of massive tariffs.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets U.S. President Donald Trump at Winfield House in London on Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Trump has said he wouldn't be a dictator,"except for Day 1." The big question is what's in the package for Trump's first day back and how will it affect Canada. Sands said he will be watching to see the response from Congress and the business community if the tariffs are enacted. Executive orders can be challenged in court and many American industries, particularly the automobile sector, would be devastated by the duties.
The lure of the hundred-day benchmark should be resisted, said Alasdair Roberts, a professor of public policy at University of Massachusetts Amherst. While the North America Free Trade agreement was renegotiated during the first Trump administration, replaced with the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement, it was far from immediate. And the Republican's initial deportation efforts and ban on travel from Muslim-majority countries hit multiple roadblocks.
The first six months of the year will see a big push for change, Roberts said. But, he cautioned,"Canadians should be wary consumers of the rhetoric."
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