The Globe and Mail reports in its Friday, Dec. 5, edition that senior officials with the federal department of transport will meet with Nutrien on Friday in Ottawa to try to persuade it to change course and build an up to $1-billion export terminal in Canada instead of the United States. The Globe's Kate Helmore writes that two sources says the Minister of Transport Steven MacKinnon and other senior level officials want to understand why Nutrien selected the Port of Longview in Washington State for this investment. One source says Mr. MacKinnon is hoping Nutrien will reconsider, given Ottawa's $5-billion Trade Diversification Corridors Fund. But winning back the project will be difficult. The Port of Longview has spent the past 10 years redeveloping the site for a tenant like Nutrien, and the advantages offered by this location are hard to beat in Canada. Should the investment be finalized, by 2031, as much Canadian potash mined by Nutrien will be shipped to overseas markets via the U.S. as via Canadian ports. The terminal would ship potash to fast-growing markets in the Indo-Pacific, including China, India and Japan. Nutrien has been scouting sites across the Pacific Northwest for more than a year.