# Mukunda Says US-Canada Rupture Shows Poor Leadership

https://mins.news/en/video/61470

- Bloomberg Television, 2026-09-16 18:03 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8P6ZEqu4-s0

> Trade negotiations between the United States and Canada collapsed at the last minute late last month, followed by tariffs and an executive order renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America. Gautam Mukunda says conflicting American policies and uncertainty over who could make a binding deal caused the breakdown.

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