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Joe Biden's to-do list just got a whole lot longer — and it's a safe bet it now includes patching the holes in Canada's relationship with the United States.

Jason Kenney opted to join Ontario counterpart Doug Ford in the Democratic doghouse on Saturday, February 8, 2020, as the Alberta premier vented his spleen about progressive presidential hopefuls who have vowed to block the controversial Keystone XL pipeline expansion.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says he still believes national unity is under threat despite two days of collaborative discussions with the country's leaders.

On a day that epitomized a suspenseful era in American trade policy, the U.S. played down a presidential threat to impose a border tax, but raised the notion of upcoming Buy American provisions, slapped duties on Canadian pipes and invited the world to witness its internal tug-of-war over economic visions.

Ontario is about to introduce a bill allowing it to retaliate against any state that adopts Buy American provisions, then plans to start a national conversation with other provinces about measures to punish new cases of procurement protectionism.

Here's a summary of where the NAFTA talks stand after a week-long round in Montreal. The round officially concludes on Monday with meetings between the political ministers leading the negotiations for Canada, Mexico and the U.S.

Donald Trump is being told to stay strong on trade by people who aren't normally his allies.

The latest round of NAFTA talks has begun without any substantive negotiating on key sticking points in a low-key meeting contrasting markedly with the previous round filled with bombshell demands and public scoldings.

The pro-NAFTA forces in Washington are escalating efforts to protect the agreement from President Donald Trump, including entertaining the idea of shielding it via some legislative mechanism.

The prime minister will meet U.S. President Donald Trump during a two-day visit to Washington, followed by a meeting with Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto during a two-day visit to Mexico City.

Canada is pushing for the inclusion of enforceable, progressive labour standards in a rewritten North American Free Trade Agreement.

The U.S. appears to be signalling that President Donald Trump's vow to aggressively promote a "buy American, hire American" agenda is not open to discussion during negotiations on a new NAFTA.

Some of Canada's key demands in the upcoming NAFTA renegotiation will be a tough sell in the United States.

The Trump administration has released its broad goals for a new NAFTA in mostly vague language that offers just enough specific clues to point to potentially tough negotiations ahead.

The United States has officially served notice of its intention to renegotiate the 1993 NAFTA, triggering a 90-day consultation window before talks begin later this summer with Canada and Mexico.