Exactly.  And Trump & Ross keep saying they are not against trade.  And that they want a trade deal with the UK.

If that's true, it wouldn't make sense for the US not to have a good trade deal with Canada.  If you can't do a trade deal with Canada who can you do one with?  A true statement here.

And they certainly aren't doing free trade with the UK but not with Canada.  That would make no sense whatsoever.

besides Trump needs to prove to everyone that he isn't totally against all trade.  To do that, he needs a couple of countries he can hold up as examples of where trade is good.  Canada is one of those countries