Man of steel, and aluminium: Carney talks trade with Trump

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  The Economist.

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  Hello and welcome to The Intelligence from The Economist.

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  I'm your host, Jason Palmer.

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  Every weekday, we provide a fresh perspective on the events shaping your world.

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  When cable television first took hold, new kinds of programming got people buying.

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  Infomercials and shopping channels.

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  Now that same mix of commerce and entertainment is starting to play out online,

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  First up, though.

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  President Donald Trump likes to say that in negotiations with Canada, America holds all the cards.

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  Yet Prime Minister Mark Carney points out that Canada can get dealt in elsewhere.

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  Yes, we're going to spend more time to extend the analogy in the game with the United States,

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  but we're going to play other games with other players.

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  Mr. Carney will be in Washington today to talk with Mr. Trump about trade barriers,

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  barriers that are starting to weigh on Canada's economy, and so to weigh on Mr. Carney himself.

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  Mark Carney's government enjoys one of the highest, if not the highest,

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  approval rating of any big Western country, but it has started recently to slip.

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