How JD Vance worked a fantasy football buddy to secure a Canada trade deal
Welcome to Wednesday’s edition of Washington Secrets. Tensions between Canada and the United States are at an all-time high, yet it needn’t have ended up like that. If only the vice president and a pal from his fantasy football league had been in charge of the negotiations, it all might have been different. Plus, what are the takeaways from last night’s primaries (anything you want, probably), and is it time to make the Washington Commanders affordable again?
TL;DR
- Tensions between Canada and the United States are at an all-time high.
- Senator JD Vance discussed how a back channel aided trade talks with Canada.
- An old friend of Vance's from his fantasy football league was instrumental in these talks.
- This back channel helped secure a temporary reprieve in the trade negotiations.
- The efforts followed Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's attempt to 'out-tough' Donald Trump.