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Perspective with Alison Smith
The Trump Effect - January 29, 2017
The Trump Effect: The costs and consequences of the first ten days of the Trump administration. What it means for Canada. And how other countries are responding to the shake up in power. Alison talks to Agustin Barrios Gomez, a former member of the Mexican Congress, about the future of the Mexico-U.S. relationship after U.S. President Donald Trump's pronouncements this week on trade and the erection of a border wall. Susan Ormiston, senior correspondent for CBC News, speaks to Alison from Moscow about how Trump is being received in Russia. Daniel Dale, Washington bureau chief for the Toronto Star, talks to Alison about the atmosphere in the U.S. capital during the first 10 days of Trump's presidency. Alison also peaks to Derek Burney, Canada’s former ambassador to the United States, about how the Trudeau government should approach the bilateral relationship. Liberal MP Bob Nault, chair of the Standing Committee on Foreign Affairs and International Development talks to Alison from Warsaw. His committee has been on a fact-finding mission in Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Latvia and Poland to examine Russia’s growing influence in those countries.