Trump says US and Canada have a trade deal, but key terms remain unclear
Trump said the preliminary accord will ease some U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods as negotiators race to finalize terms before a three-day tariff pause ends.
- Trump announced a three-day pause on taxes for $20 billion worth of Canadian imports shortly before they were set to start, via social media on Tuesday night.
- At a White House briefing on Wednesday, Trump stated that talks with Canada resulted in a very fair deal for both countries.
- Trump claimed Canada agreed to end tariffs on U.S. agricultural products.
- Trump hinted that the Keystone XL pipeline could be restarted following the tariff pause announcement.
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Watch Trump Says US Has ‘Come to a Deal With Canada’
President Donald Trump declared on Wednesday that the US has reached an agreement with Canada on trade, saying that Canadian representatives “gave us the points we had to have.” Trump spoke with Bloomberg’s Tyler Kendall at the White House.
Trump says US and Canada have a trade deal, but key terms remain unclear
Canada has dodged President Donald Trump’s threat of 50% tariffs — at least for now. Trump went on social media late Tuesday to say he was pausing for three days the taxes on $20 billion worth of Canadian imports less than two hours before they were set to go into effect.
President Trump: We have a deal with Canada
President Trump on Wednesday spoke about the three-day pause in hiking tariffs on Canada, saying '...subject to the finalization of documents we have a deal with Canada.' CNBC's Eamon Javers reports.
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