Journalists from the United States reporting on Canadian politics might search for an angle that does not revolve around the nation’s holy war against President Donald Trump. Such a search is in vain.

This week marked an important milestone in the state of trade between the United States and Canada. Since February, the United States and Canada have entered into a series of trade measures and countermeasures,

President Donald Trump, in his first Oval Office meeting with new Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, said there was nothing Carney could say to him Tuesday that would convince the president to reduce tariffs on Canadian goods.