Concerns about trade, defence as MPs, diplomats eye U.S. vote results

OTTAWA — MPs, diplomats and political staff gathered around the parliamentary precinct to anxiously take in preliminary results of a U.S. presidential election that they all agreed would have an enormous impact on Canada and the world.

“There’s a lot of nervous energy in the room tonight,” said Gary Keller, who was chief of staff to John Baird, the former Conservative foreign minister.

“This one has so much potential impact on our economy, our society.”

U.S. voters cast their ballots Tuesday in a race between starkly different visions for their country’s future, with either former president Donald Trump or Vice-President Kamala Harris. The two have proposed policies that could

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