‘Nonsensical’: We Asked Americans What They Think About the Trade War

‘Nonsensical’: We asked Americans what they think about the trade war

Nearly two years into Trump's second term, Americans in Ohio and Pennsylvania have found themselves caught in the crossfire of a trade war with Canada as Washington levies tariffs on Canadian imports and Ottawa responds in kind. CBC’s Katie Nicholson spoke to some locals in Ohio to see how trade negotiations are becoming pocketbook issues for voters as the November midterms approach.

Trump’s Idiotic Trade War Is a Bigger Political Opening Than You Think

As a general matter, people who write about or strategize about politics greatly overestimate our collective ability to shape how an election will play out, the extent to which clever ideas can pivot the course of an election in any new direction. We’re more small sailboats on a big ocean than some kind of latter-day Neptune actually changing the waves or the wind. But, all that said, Trump may have handed a unique card for Democrats to play aga…