Trump’s Tariff War: How Canada & Mexico Blinked First

Trump’s Economic War: Why Canada and Mexico Had No Choice But to Surrender A Losing Hand from the Start If you’ve ever played poker, you know when you're holding a bad hand. But in geopolitics, leaders sometimes let their pride get in the way of logic. That’s what Justin Trudeau and Claudia Sheinbaum almost did—until reality hit them like a freight train. Canada and Mexico rely on trade with the United States to keep their economies afloat. A full-blown trade war wouldn’t just have hurt them—it would have collapsed their economies overnight. Mexico sends 80% of its exports to the U.S., while Canada ships over $550 billion worth of goods south of the border each year. When Trump threatened tariffs,…