# Trade falls apart when one partner acts like a ‘toxic friend,’ economist says

https://mins.news/en/video/50104

- CBC News, 2026-09-08 16:45 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L3M1JDa-qQk

> Justin Wolfers, a University of Michigan professor of public policy and economics, says U.S. tariffs and Canadian counter-tariffs are reducing cooperation between the two economies and hurting both. Canada must decide whether an agreement can be trusted when “any American concessions last until the president changes his mind.”

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