[NEWS] Five US-Canada trade war links: Paikin, Heinz vs French's, maps, blame

[rfmcdonald]

• Steve Paikin explains why, in an era of Trump and trade wars, he is not taking his family to visit the United States this year, over at his blog.


• Heinz's ketchup, imported from American manufacturing plants, is at risk of losing serious ground to Ontario-manufactured French's. CBC reports.


• Brian Crowley and Sean Speer at MacLean's suggest that Canada is not blameless in the trade war, though I disagree strongly with their lumping in of efforts to build strong ties with China into this.


• Global News provides animated maps showing how vulnerable Canada is to trade wars with the United States, more so than the US, here.


• John Lorinc at The Walrus makes the defensible argument that Canada's vulnerability to the United States' is product of an overconcentration on the American market.