U.S.-Canada Trade War: What to Know About Tariffs and the Negotiations
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Canada suspended trade negotiations, triggering President Trump’s 50 percent tariffs on a range of Canadian goods. Mark Carney said he would retaliate “dollar for dollar.”
Listen · 6:39 min Share full article In a powerful speech on Saturday, Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada said the country was under attack by President Trump’s tariffs and “at war” with the United States. Credit... Chris Tanouye/Reuters By The New York Times
Talks between the United States and Canada failed late Friday to head off steep new tariffs on Canadian goods, prompting Canada to promise “dollar for dollar” retaliation.
Prime Minister Mark Carney of Canada said he had suspended the talks because the American side had introduced last-minute terms that were “unfair, uneconomic and called into question the reliability of any deal.” Then on Saturday, in a powerful speech to Canadians, Mr. Carney said Canada was under attack by President Trump’s tariffs and was “at war” with the United States.
He did, twice. On Tuesday, he said the two countries had reached a deal aside from some details and had extended an earlier deadline that would have introduced the new tariffs.
On Friday, only hours before the two sides announced the collapse of the negotiations, Mr. Trump said he thought a deal could be reached.
Mr. Carney blamed last-minute demands for the collapse of negotiations . He said, among other things, that American negotiators pushed to roll back Canada’s efforts to promote Canadian, including French-language, content in online streaming services; subsidies for industries like publishing and film production; and even mandatory labeling in French as well as English on packaging. French is an official language in Canada.
Speaking to reporters on Friday, a U.S. official said Canada wanted concessions that the United States wasn’t prepared to give, particularly when it came to the automotive sector, as well as trade in steel, aluminum and lumber.
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