CL Trade wars are back, and Washington sent Ottawa the invitation: a fifty percent tariff on Canada. Ottawa's reply was to leave the table. Both sides are calling the collapse regrettable, which in diplomatic language means expected.-- CL

MB Washington slapped tariffs on Canada with the confidence of a repeat offender, which in trade policy now counts as a personality. Beijing and Manila swapped warnings over a reef. And Comey got indicted a second time, this time over a social media post, which tells you less about the law than about who's still keeping score.-- MB