Former trade minister urges Canada to seek ‘grand bargain’ with Trump

If we make a compelling case that there are many areas, especially on assured supply — things like nuclear uranium, critical minerals, energy, oil and gas, electricity grids, potash and food security — there is a compelling case to be made that, notwithstanding Donald Trump’s protestations to the contrary, the United States would benefit significantly from broadening out a trade negotiation to include the totality of our relationship, including assured supply of commodities that matter most to the American economy.