Just FYI, the deal that was leaked to the media on wed (with the 34% cap) seems to not be the deal that is finally being endorsed. Now the deal is being grudgingly endorsed by most of the big players here in Canada.
But.... I heard a very astute comment by a Canadian logging company insider being interviewed... it galled him that 1 billion dollars of their money (the tariff's collected already) would probably be put in the hands of the american outfits to build a war chest for future lobbying and trade wars... so Cdn companys are literally paying the bill for the US resistence to free trade. I can see why that would irk them....
The only way canada will ever have the clout to push more favourable resolutions to trade disputes is when we have samething the US really wants (electricity/water whatever), and when our politicians have the nerve to link the trade of those commodities with some of the other disputed things. As Seinfeld says.... "We have no hand!!"
