What happened
The United States Ambassador to Canada, Pete Hoekstra, has expressed frustration with Canada's handling of trade negotiations, stating that Canada has walked away from a trade agreement twice. According to Hoekstra, the proposed agreement was the best trade deal offered to any country, but Canada rejected it. The ambassador believes that anti-American rhetoric from Canada's federal and provincial governments has poisoned relations with Washington.
Hoekstra also criticized Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney's characterization of the trade dispute as a
