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Prime Minister Mark Carney asked provincial premiers to put American booze back on their shelves during a call about a trade deal on Wednesday. It was all part of a deal to try to avoid a new round of 50% tariffs on $28 billion worth of Canadian exports to the United States.

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Details of the deal weren’t made public. In fact, according to sources from multiple provinces, Carney provided few details to premiers. While Carney asked premiers on the call to put American booze back on the shelves, he didn’t ask them for an answer immediately.

A rep from one province described the call as “high level” and said that Carney’s team is “still finalizing some landing spots” when it comes to where various tariffs will land. Another provincial rep said the feds were doing their best and that the results were better than expected, even if not as good as........

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