Trump Intends to Keep Winning: Talks This Week With China, Canada

This is President Donald Trump's 16th week in office, and he shows no signs of slowing down. The upcoming week's plans include more negotiations with Ukraine and Russia, a meeting with Canada's new Prime Minister, and trade negotiations with a number of other countries, including China.

It's going to be a busy week.

Trump's 16th week back in the Oval Office is anticipated to include a meeting with Canada's new leader, ongoing talks to end the war between Russia and Ukraine, and trade negotiations with foreign nations that are expected to continue heating up before the 90-day pause on reciprocal tariffs ends in July.

Canada would seem to be a priority, in part because they have a new Prime Minister, and in part because they are our primary trade partner - oh, and we share a 3,000+ mile border. We conduct nearly a trillion dollars in trade with Canada annually, and Canada places significant tariffs on American goods, most notably agricultural products. If Canada wants us to drop tariffs, they should be willing to do likewise, and that would be good for both countries. Sauce for the goose. Hopefully, that will come up in the conversation between the president and the new Canadian leader this week.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Friday he would visit the White House on Tuesday after Carney’s Liberal Party emerged victorious in the nation's federal election last week to discuss a 25% tariff imposed on goods from the nation sent to the U.S. and Trump's repeated urging that the U.S. northern neighbor become the "51st state

But this may be the biggest deal of the week, if it works out:

China's Commerce Ministry said on Friday that officials are "evaluating" an offer from the Trump administration to hold trade talks on the 145% U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods, signaling it could be a busy week of discussions if China accepts the offer.
"The U.S. has recently taken the initiative on many occasions to convey information to China through relevant parties, saying it hopes to talk with China," the statement said, according to Reuters.

We should note that China is seeing widespread factory closures, protests, and even riots over rising unemployment. China needs us more than we need them, and while there are economic consequences of the tariffs on both sides, China is getting hit harder, even if the Chinese Communist Party won't take the chance of losing face by admitting it. China remains the elephant in the room, and with all of the many problems facing the Middle Kingdom, it's in their interests to come to the table.

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The trick with making a deal with China, of course, is that China doesn't really have the best track record in adhering to agreements. The Trump administration will have to take that into account.

And, once again, we see this inevitable comparison between President Trump's second term and the Weekend at Bernie's presidency that preceded it. Donald Trump isn't just sprinting to the finish, as the saying goes; he sprinted out of the starting blocks and shows every indication that he intends to keep up the pace. Compare him in any way to befuddled old Joe Biden, and the contrast is stark; media dealings alone are remarkable. It's a safe bet that President Trump has taken more questions from the press in six weeks than Joe Biden did in four years.

In the blink of an eye, we went from the lowest of low-energy presidencies to the Energizer bunny. One might agree with Donald Trump or not on any given issue, but you can't deny the man has energy and drive to spare.

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