There is said to be no consistency around the table. Trump’s team swerves to a new topic every time the two sides meet — from wanting bigger U.S. banks to have a visible presence in Canada, to griping about the border and dairy quotas, a senior government official said.

The president is set to raise taxes on imports arriving from many countries, including Canada and Mexico. That’s on top of the tariffs that the White House has already announced on specific products,