A majority of Canadians (63%) want Mark Carney to adopt the line to have a lot of line in negotiations with Donald Trump by “refusing difficult concessions”, even if it poisons the commercial relationship with the United States more.
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Conversely, only 37% of respondents at the most recent survey of the Angus Reid Foundation prefer a softer approach, even if it means making difficult concessions so as not to alienate the American giant.
The responses differ greatly between the voters of the Canada Conservative Party who prefer the gentle method and voters (generally) liberal, blquists and neo-democrats who promote intransigence.
Recall that Marc Carney won the race for liberal chiefdom and the general election by advocating the approach “elbows up(The elbows in the air), according to the expression borrowed from the world of hockey which symbolizes a hard and relentless game.
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After yet another threat of prices last week, Marc Carney reported to 1is August the deadline for a new commercial agreement.
On Tuesday, the Prime Minister suggested that no country, including Canada, would get away without customs duties after the new round of negotiations with the Trump administration.
In this context, Canadians are divided almost also between those who trust (46%) and those who do not trust (47%) in Marc Carney and his team to arrive at a good understanding.
Those who believe that a “good agreement” is at hand are mainly based on the confidence they have in the capacities of Marc Carney and his team.
A smaller number of them provides that the upcoming agreement will be advantageous for Canada simply because in their eyes, Donald Trump is a bad negotiator that often folds.
One point, however, is almost unanimous: 84% of Canadians judge that Donald Trump does not negotiate in good faith.
The Angus Reid survey was led from July 9 to 13.
