Canada is racing against the clock today as negotiators in Washington enter the final, frantic hours of high-stakes trade discussions ahead of a midnight deadline. With less than a day remaining before the imposition of a 50 percent tariff on an array of Canadian goods—an executive order issued by U.S. President Donald Trump, Canadian officials are engaged in a desperate, last-minute push to secure a reprieve for the national economy. The threatened duties, which would apply to roughly $20 billion worth of Canadian products ranging from industrial machinery and electronics to everyday items