'Shrewd' Canada playing long game as TPP trade talks begin in Maui

As Canada's lead negotiator Kirsten Hillman and the rest of her Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiating team sit down with their counterparts in Maui, Hawaii this weekend, they may sense pounding from more than just the nearby surf.

The game has changed since trade negotiators from 12 Pacific Rim countries met in Guam last April.

The Americans, who'd been busily deal-fixing without a mandate to back it up, are now armed with fast-track negotiating authority from the U.S. Congress.

This has been excerpted from the 24 July 2015 edition of CBC News and is available in its entirety at:
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/shrewd-canada-playing-long-game-as-tpp-trade-talks-begin-in-maui-1.3164916