US think tank: Against Trump, resistance is the answer, not capitulation While most countries have turned to appeasement to curb trade tensions with Donald Trump, one country by resisting US tariffs has shown that it is possible to force the US president to back down. In a report, the think tank of the American Council on Foreign Relations says that Canada's opposition to Donald Trump's trade pressures challenged the calculations of the American government regarding its economic superiority over its neighbor to the north. According to this think tank, the tariffs have not only failed to force Ottawa to back down, but their economic cost to US border states and Republicans' worry about the midterm elections have revealed signs of Washington backing down. Read the full description of this report here.

US think tank: Against Trump, resistance is the answer, not capitulation While most countries have turned to appeasement to curb trade tensions with Donald Trump, one country by resisting US tariffs has shown that it is possible to force the US president to back down. In a report, the think tank of the American Council on Foreign Relations says that Canada's opposition to Donald Trump's trade pressures challenged the calculations of the American government regarding its economic superiority over its neighbor to the north. According to this think tank, the tariffs have not only failed to force Ottawa to back down, but their economic cost to US border states and Republicans' worry about the midterm elections have revealed signs of Washington backing down. Read the full description of this report here.