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Carney Pushes Back on Trump Administration Claims About Collapse of Trade Talks
Carney said the talks would have left autos and other sectors under U.S. control or gradually wound down, with tariffs now hitting billions in trade.
- On Tuesday, Prime Minister Mark Carney said U.S. trade terms would leave core Canadian industries as "subsidiaries effectively" of American firms or face being "gradually wound down in Canada and wiped out."
- Following the August 21 collapse of negotiations, the United States imposed 50 percent tariffs on roughly $20 billion in Canadian goods, while Canada prepares retaliatory duties on nearly $20 billion in American products effective September 8.
- Supporting more than 125,000 direct jobs, the automotive sector remains central to the dispute; Carney cited U.S. demands affecting French-language protections and limits on Canada's future trade deals as reasons for the impasse.
- Responding to claims from U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick that Canada "tanked" talks, Carney told the Trump administration on Tuesday to "stop doing memes, stop throwing shade and stop trying to be tough."
- Although neither government has signaled imminent negotiations, Carney stated Canada remains prepared to resume discussions when Washington becomes serious; diversification efforts aim to double non-American exports by 2035.
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Carney pushes back on Trump administration claims about collapse of trade talks
THUNDER BAY — Prime Minister Mark Carney is pushing back against senior members of the Trump administration who have been claiming his government tanked trade talks in the eleventh hour for political reasons. At an unrelated news conference in Thunder ...
Mark Carney called on the President of the United States to negotiate seriously.
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