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Kevin Yin is a contributing columnist for The Globe and Mail and an economics doctoral student at the University of California, Berkeley.

We can note with immense pride that Canada was one of two countries that actually retaliated against U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs – a rare show of national dignity in today’s geopolitical climate. But as Prime Minister Mark Carney (reasonably) drops some of these countertariffs as an olive branch to reset trade talks, it’s worth asking whether Canadians would hold their ground again if this gambit fails to achieve a deal.

My hope is that we would. But my gut says we would not.

The possibility of bringing back retaliatory tariffs , if talks fail, is important. If Canada and the U.S. cannot come to an agreement before the 2026

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