An exceptionally incisive, on point column concerning our attempted tilt from the US to China by a 30 year plus career diplomat who was recently our ambassador to China and knows what he is talking about.

Trudeau, as he notes, is naive.  And I would add also intellectually shallow,  inexperienced and simply unsuited to negotiate any kind of trade or other international deal with seasoned, smart, focused pros such as are found among the Chinese rulers.  The Chinese will play Justin like Don Messer used to play the fiddle if we get into protracted, in depth negotiations with China.   

Freeland,  McCallum and career diplomats will try to reign in Trudeau's dumber impulses and prevent  egregiously one sided deals great for China and punitive for Canada but there is much danger that Justin will over rule them to Canada's detriment. 

Our left wing government and media's  animosity toward Trump and the US and increasing veneration of communist China are puzzling and naive and worrisome.