Former Breitbart News chair Steve Bannon is widely regarded as Trump's right-hand man, calling the shots in the Oval Office. In that context, when the president muses about leaving the World Trade Organization (WTO), stepping back from NATO or defunding the United Nations, the moves fit a larger pattern. For Canada — friendly noises about NAFTA or otherwise — the possibility of a trade war with China is where things could take a dark turn. "I keep going back and looking at the '20s and '30s and the lead-up to the last World War. Still, trade protectionism, at this point, is one of several signposts pointing in a direction that's decidedly less reassuring for Canada than the idea that NAFTA just needs a few tweaks.

Source: CBC News February 16, 2017 09:56 UTC