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Diane Brady

Canada's Chrystia Freeland on preparing for the upcoming trade war with the U.S.

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  • In today’s CEO Daily: Diane Brady talks to Canada's minister of transport and internal trade Chrystia Freeland about preparing for the upcoming trade war.
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Good morning. Business leaders are bracing for tariffs, but they’re still struggling to figure out what exactly those will look like. President Trump’s 25% levy on goods from Canada and Mexico, for example, went into effect on March 4, only for him to pause it for many products two days later. That delay expires on April 2, but no matter what Trump decides, other countries are already making their own plans. To get a better sense of what kind of international environment CEOs should expect moving forward, I spoke with Chrystia Freeland, Canada’s minister of transport and internal trade, who joined us last week at the Fortune CEO Initiative dinner in New York.

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