Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette said Thursday that Prime Minister Mark Carney had answered many of her questions about an emerging Canada-U.S. trade agreement, but she stopped short of endorsing the deal while the province assesses its potential impact.

For three days this week, Washington and Ottawa get to act like a trade crisis got solved. It didn't. On August 18, the White House suspended a fresh round of tariffs on Canadian alcohol, dairy, and motor vehicles that were set to run as high as 50 percent.

President Donald Trump late Tuesday postponed his threat of a 50% tariff on a wide range of Canadian goods that was set to take effect at midnight and would have affected roughly $20 billion worth of imports.

A never-before-used trade law could put thousands of imports in the crosshairs. Learn which products may cost more and how to get ahead of potentially higher prices.