{"id":865421,"date":"2026-08-20T21:26:09","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T21:26:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/865421\/"},"modified":"2026-08-20T21:26:09","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T21:26:09","slug":"trade-minister-says-officials-are-very-close-to-finalizing-canada-u-s-trade-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/865421\/","title":{"rendered":"Trade minister says officials are &#8216;very close&#8217; to finalizing Canada-U.S. trade deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. booze ban will be &#8216;tough&#8217; to give up<\/p>\n<p>Aileen Machell, the former deputy chief of staff to B.C. Premier David Eby, said the U.S. liquor ban remains &#8220;symbolically important,&#8221; by giving Canadians a concrete way to push back against the Trump administration.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It will be a tough one to give up,&#8221; Machell said.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Earlier Thursday, Kinew urged Canadians to keep fighting and not to buy U.S. alcohol even if the liquor becomes available in provinces where it has been banned.<\/p>\n<p>The Manitoba premier&#8217;s response has led some to question how his message will affect the federal government&#8217;s ability to maintain a &#8220;Team Canada&#8221; approach while negotiating with the Trump administration.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Still, Machell, who worked for Eby&#8217;s office when the U.S. liquor ban in B.C. came into effect, said that Kinew is effective at &#8220;understanding the role of emotion in political communication&#8221; and how to tap into the feelings of Canadians across the country.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;That being said, politicians should be prepared to pivot on policy decisions if it means getting a better deal for Canada,&#8221; Machell said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"U.S. booze ban will be &#8216;tough&#8217; to give up Aileen Machell, the former deputy chief of staff to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":865422,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44],"class_list":["post-865421","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865421","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=865421"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/865421\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/865422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=865421"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=865421"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=865421"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}