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OTTAWA – With Canada set to intensify trade negotiations with the U.S. in the coming weeks, trade analysts say the premiers must give the federal government latitude to negotiate from a position of strength. “The premiers are going to have to give the federal government the political licence and the social licence to make some of those difficult decisions when it comes down to negotiating,” said Matthew Holmes, executive vice-president & chief of public policy at the Canadian Chamber of Commerce. The U.S. administration has announced its intention to impose a 50 per-cent tariff on...