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U.S. President Donald Trump meets with Prime Minister Mark Carney in the Oval Office on Tuesday.

It’s hard to say why Donald Trump likes Mark Carney so much but there was no doubt that the Oval Office was full of goodwill on Tuesday.

Mr. Trump even predicted Canadians would be very happy by the end of the day. It just still isn’t clear that Mr. Trump’s ideas about trade allow for a deal that would make Canadians happy. The U.S. President clearly likes Mr. Carney, but he also wants car companies, a.k.a. Canada’s auto industry and its Canadian jobs.

Still, something is cooking.

Canadians have heard that before, of course. There have been months of suggestions that a deal, or mini-deals, could be close. Deadlines floated past.

But there are clearly new things in the talks

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