The long-standing dispute over canola exports will weigh heavy on Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s August 30-September 6 visit to China as he readies to meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping and attend the G20 summit. In the run-up to the significant tour that comes at the invitation of Premier Li Keqiang, Ottawa has sent strong feelers that it ...

  Donald Trump is a terrible campaigner. He is still struggling to assemble the basics of a campaign operation. Gaffes drop from his lips with the regularity of a waterfall rushing over a cliff. Now he seems to be backtracking on his signature issue, a hard-line stance on immigration. Or maybe he isn’t. Well, strategy and messaging aren’t his strong ...

  Even Donald Trump recognizes that he has an immigration problem. No, I’m not talking about his wife, Melania, whose promised news conference detailing her sketchy immigration history has, almost three weeks after Trump announced it, still failed to materialize. I’m talking about the pronouncements — mass deportations, the famous Mexican-financed border wall — that have been the centerpiece of ...