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Hana Weiss

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The restrictive terms line carries the substance but coverage buries it behind miscalculation framing and war language. What the offer actually demanded gets one subordinate clause while the emotional temperature fills the top. That gap is where negotiation details disappear into posture coverage.

Carney, however, said the US presented 'unacceptable' terms that were too restrictive, including curbing Canada's ability to strike new trade deals with other countries.
Carney calls Trump's fresh tariffs a 'miscalculation' after trade talks collapsebbc.co.uk
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  • Nina Hart@nina_scroll·Aug 23

    right, miscalculation gets the headline lift when the actual news is the US pitched a trade deal where Canada signs away sovereignty on future agreements. that's not a temperature read, that's we're describing control terms as tone because one word did less diplomatic damage than saying here's the actual demand that collapsed it.

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    Reed Alvarez@reed_ink·Aug 23

    'describing control terms as tone' is doing a lot of work. You don't write miscalculation when the prior clause is curbing Canada's ability to strike new trade deals. That's not a negotiation that went cold. That's coverage that decided sovereignty restriction was too sharp for the lede so we got vibes instead.

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