Trump Says He Is In No Rush to Start Trade Talks With Canada

The absence of urgency is itself the signal: Washington is content to let the current posture with Ottawa stand rather than trade concessions for a negotiating timetable. For industries whose cross-border costs hinge on tariff and rules-of-origin treatment, that means the uncertainty premium persists rather than resolving. Whether this stays a deliberate pause or becomes a durable default is the open question, and the tell will be any movement toward a formal mandate rather than rhetoric.