Canada Needs to Start Preparing for Trump – and Getting Other Allies Involved – with Abraham Newman

If Donald Trump wins the presidential elections in November, even Canadians could be blocked from their bank accounts. In our recent book…

Henry Farrell and Abraham Newman, “Canada Needs to Start Preparing for Trump – and Getting Other Allies Involved,” Toronto Globe and Mail, March 2, 2024.

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