Yukon Premier Ranj Pillai met the US president-elect’s eldest son in North Carolina to share data on bilateral trade deficit.
The main conceptual idea of the text is that Canadian regional leaders are reaching out to Donald Trump Jr. in an attempt to mitigate potential trade war issues with the US amidst political turmoil within Canada under Prime Minister Trudeau.
Specifically, Yukon's Premier is using data on trade deficits to showcase the economic reliance of his region on the US and potentially build a case for amicable trade relations separate from the national government's discussions.
