The unlikely way Trump is helping amid trade, tariff blitz

The unlikely way Trump is helping amid trade, tariff blitz
Never waste a good crisis: Christopher Luxon addresses media on global economic turmoil. (Image: NZME)
Pattrick Smellie
Of the seemingly endless list of previously unimaginable oddities the second Trump administration has thrown up, one interesting item is how its actions appear to be assisting governments that had otherwise looked to be in trouble.In Canada, the Liberal Party, under Mark Carney's new leadership, appears likely to win the elections called for April 28, whereas under its previous leader, Justin Trudeau, it appeared to be toast.Carney’s muscular response to US President Donald Trump’s weird trade policies and even weirder suggestio...

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