Charles Burton is a former diplomat at Canada’s embassy in Beijing, senior fellow at the Sinopsis think tank, and member of the Taiwan-based Doublethink Lab’s China in World Global Index Committee. Donald Trump’s wrecking-ball administration is just weeks into a four-year term, and as he makes his moves to decimate Canada’s economy and sovereignty, intelligent minds in both countries worry that his irrational trade war will push Canada into the arms of Beijing. It is naïve to think Mr. Trump’s end game is fentanyl and immigrants. Tariffs are just the beginning, and Canadians should anticipate culture-changing ultimatums that go beyond…
