Canada has spent the last year enjoying the spotlight as a globalization leader. Ottawa waited patiently last fall as the tiny Belgian region of Wallonia briefly, but seriously, threatened to scupper its newly signed trade deal with the European Union. The first 10 months of the Trump administration have also posed their own special challenges. The Trudeau government has had to withstand repeated public berating from a populist American president on issues such as softwood lumber and dairy. And Canada has been forced to respond diplomatically to a Trump administration that has made highly regressive proposals in the ... (full story)