Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau told U.S. President Trump at the G7 summit: "Only less than 3% of Canada's market share—equivalent to 49,000 vehicles—will be allowed to enter from China. We've set a cap on Chinese electric vehicles, and this is a firm bottom line; I think you'll like this."
Trump replied: "That's great—I like it!"
International relations have never been about one-sided wishful thinking or mutual affection between two parties; rather, they are compromises reached through complex power struggles among multiple sides. Just as Canada opened the "door" to Chinese electric vehicle imports, signaling cooperation, it simultaneously sent a clear signal of goodwill to the United States with its "firm bottom line"—a strategic balancing act.
The next scene might leave viewers stunned: Trump, in front of Trudeau, claimed that excluding Russia from the G8 was a major mistake, an action carried out by Obama and your former prime minister Trudeau. It should be noted that when this event occurred in 2014, Canada’s actual prime minister was Harper.
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