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While U.S. business dealings are heating up, the political landscape in Canada is turbulent. Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland announced her resignation just hours before a scheduled financial update to Parliament. Her departure follows disagreements with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau regarding responses to Trump's proposed 25% tariffs on Canadian imports. The rift between Freeland—who previously represented Canada in renegotiating the NAFTA deal—and Trudeau was exacerbated by the looming threat of economic nationalism from the U.S.