Stand Your Ground

Putting up your dukes for fair trade doesn't always mean the end of the world:

Canada has reached a tentative deal with the United States to end a dispute over "Buy American" provisions that had strained bilateral ties, the two trading partners announced on Friday. Under the agreement, which is designed to settle months of wrangling over what Canada saw as U.S. protectionism, both nations will open up parts of their internal markets to the other's companies. Washington said it was happy with the deal because U.S. companies will finally gain access to long-closed and potentially lucrative public works contracts in Canada's 10 provinces and three territories. In return, Canadian companies will be able to compete for projects in the 37 U.S. states already covered by the World Trade Organization government procurement agreement.

By the way. How about them unemployment numbers. Eh?