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“Just because you have your own culture, currency, flag and whatnot, does not give you carte' blanche to just say ‘Hey look at us, we’re not America!’, said a furious Secretary of Commerce ahead of what many see as the countdown to a very difficult CUSMA negotiation. After demanding that Canada pay an entry fee for the already established right to negotiate a new deal with the U.S. and Mexico, the Trump administration are pushing for the complete absorption of Canada. “You can keep all that stuff up North with the Polar Bears, but if there’s oil, industry or minerals, it’s ours!”