Trump's midterm collapse has changed the trade talks calculus. Here's what it means for Canada.

Toronto Star · Daniel Tisch · 2026-11-06 10:00 UTC

The U.S. midterms delivered a sweeping rebuke to Trump's tariff agenda, writes Daniel Tisch, and Canada is entering new talks with more leverage than ever.

For two years, as Canadians watched the U.S. pursue mutually destructive economic policies, many clung to a hope that most Americans shared our concerns about Donald Trump’s agenda.

In this week’s midterm elections, U.S. voters validated that fragile faith emphatically handing Democrats control of both houses of Congress.

Now, this week’s resumption of Canada-U.S. trade talks are set against a dramatically different political backdrop.

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