OTTAWA — The future of Canada-U.S. trade talks depends on how Canada’s review of its decision to buy U.S.-made F-35 fighter jets turns out, says President Donald Trump’s ambassador to Canada.

Pete Hoekstra told a conference hosted by the Canadian Manufacturers and Exporters on Wednesday that it will not be easy to restart the now-stalled trade talks, and urged Canada to “harmonize” as much as possible with the U.S. on a range of economic and military co-operation issues.

Hoekstra acknowledged a framework for free trade already exists in the form of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement , which is up for review next year, but when asked to describe how he sees the next iteration of that trade agreement shaping up, Hoekstra was characteristically blunt.

“Well, on a number of these issues, we a

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