WASHINGTON, D.C. — With the government’s new energy deal with Alberta , including plans for an oil pipeline to the West Coast, Prime Minister Mark Carney is determined to forge a new export route to gain leverage in trade talks with Washington.

But two questions remain: will the plan have any impact on U.S. President Donald Trump and, perhaps more importantly, will the pipeline ever actually get built?

Some analysts says that boosting oil exports to Asia could give the federal government more sway in future trade talks with the White House, even if it’s tough to quantify.

“If I were the United States, I’d have a little bit of fear of missing out and that would incentivize me to negotiate,” said Heather Exner-Pirot, senior fellow at the Macdonald-Laurier Institute. “But how they calcul

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