The price of oil hit a four-year high and the Canadian dollar rose to its highest level since May on Monday, October 1, 2018, but the reaction in North American markets to a tentative trade deal to replace NAFTA was pretty subdued.
From deep within the pantheon of diplomacy that is the United Nations came hardly a warning shot or a red flag — it was a rocket-propelled rhetorical grenade aimed directly at Canada, with a concussive blast that reverberated all the way to the Prime Minister's Office.