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Tasha Kheiriddin: Quebec the fly in the ointment to new U.S. trade deal

Carney likely could secure a new agreement by dropping supply management, but that would have severe political implications in la belle province

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Tick, tick, tick. That’s the sound of the timer counting down to Aug. 19, the date on which U.S. President Donald Trump’s 50 per cent tariffs on Canada will kick in. Or not. Already one former Trump advisor is predicting that Trump will TACO (Trump always chickens out), but in the unpredictable world we live in, there’s no guarantee.

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