The president’s on-again, off-again approach to trade policy over the past year and a half only continues to hurt the entire region, the leaders said. “What we’re living through right now with the tariffs, with the threat of tariffs, with some of the insults and the talking points, they’re difficult. Instead, said Rob Lantz, the premier of Prince Edward Island, “We would all benefit from more free, fair, tariff-free trade.” The tariffs are a response to “Canada’s discriminatory treatment of American products” through uneven trade policies, the White House has said. Most Canadian provinces, for example, have halted the sales of U.S.-made alcoholic beverages though haven’t restricted similar products from other countries.