Carney Stands Up to Trump in U.S.-Canada Trade War
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Canada’s prime minister walked away from what he thought was a bad trade deal with the United States. Many Canadians are behind him, but it will be costly.
Listen · 6:46 min Share full article 2.2k Mark Carney, Canada’s prime minister, said on Saturday that “Canada is becoming stronger and less dependent on America.” Credit... Patrick Doyle/The Canadian Press, Associated Press By Matina Stevis-Gridneff
On Friday night, Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada did something that few other world leaders before him have dared to do.
After days of intense trade negotiations with the United States, with less than an hour to go on a midnight deadline for a new round of tariffs from the Trump administration, Mr. Carney instructed his negotiators to walk away.
Then, he announced that once 50 percent tariffs came into effect on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods, he would order retaliatory tariffs on the United States “dollar for dollar.”
Then on Saturday, in a lengthy televised address to Canadians, Mr. Carney brought fighting words to Canada’s act of defiance.
“Last spring, I warned that America is trying to break us so that they can own us. And I promised: “That will never, ever happen.” We are keeping that promise,” Mr. Carney said somberly, before reporters in Ottawa.
“Canada is becoming stronger and less dependent on America. We are already giving ourselves more than they can take away. And we are just getting started,” he added.
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