How else to explain her appearance at Monday’s Women in the World summit in Toronto, on a panel entitled Taking on the Tyrant? Freeland continues to pay lip-service to the prospect of a deal — that it can be done, with good will and flexibility on all sides. But protecting the cosseted dairy industry and insisting the dispute-resolution mechanism remains unchanged are not hills to die on. The bi-national panels he is intent on keeping are designed as a check on capricious action by the U.S. Yet Canadians who have sat on those panels, such as trade expert James McIlroy, say theU.S.

Source: National Post September 12, 2018 19:59 UTC