Scott Bessent says Carney has to stop virtue signalling. I don't think he knows what that phrase means.
The Government of Canada has, by all accounts, been assuming that CUSMA negotiations will be another opportunity for the Trump regime to exercise leverage to extract unreasonable concessions. That "integration that becomes the source of your subordination", as was said in Davos.
They've been pursuing trade deals in every direction to diversify our trade and have been showing some great success in doing so.
In short, as much as I have misgivings about the guy, Carney does seem to be walking the walk overall.
Virtue signaling is when you pay lip service. When you don't follow though. When you want to be seen as aligned with something but are unwilling to put your neck out for it.
Taco, in other words.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/us-treasury-secretary-scott-bessent-mark-carney-9.7064976
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