Trump says Canada wants 'benefits' of being US state as Carney says countries in trade war
Trump said Canada has charged U.S. farmers massive tariffs as Ottawa suspended trade talks and warned of dollar-for-dollar retaliation.
- On Sunday, President Donald Trump criticized Canada via Truth Social, claiming the country "wants the benefits of being a State, without being one!!!" amid deepening trade tensions.
- Trade talks between Ottawa and Washington collapsed on Friday, with Prime Minister Mark Carney rejecting American terms as "unfair, uneconomic, and called into question the reliability of any deal."
- Carney labeled the new 50 per cent tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods an economic "attack," vowing dollar-for-dollar retaliation beginning September 8.
- Trade Representative Jamieson Greer stated Canada walked away from a nearly completed agreement that would have reduced tariffs on exports to the American market.
- Earlier, Carney accused the American side of using new duties to "hurt and divide," calling the measures "a miscalculation" that threatens bilateral stability.
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Canadian PM claims country ‘at war’ with Trump on trade: ‘We got attacked’
Canadian Prime Minister likened his country's tariff tiff with the US to a full-blown "war" on trade, as President Trump accused the northern neighbor of trying to secure the benefits of statehood without being one.
U.S. President Donald Trump noted that Canada wants “the benefits of being a state, without being a state,” after trade negotiations between the two countries failed late last Friday. The breakdown of the talks resulted in a 50% imposition on nearly $20 billion in Canadian imports last Saturday. As a result, Trump pointed out that for years U.S. farmers have had to face “huge amounts of tariffs.” His words came after Canadian Prime Minister Mark…
Steel and U.S. dairy products will, among other things, be subject to Canadian counter-tariffs.
"That's enough!" said Donald Trump on Sunday after Mark Carney announced retaliatory measures against US tariffs.
"That's enough!" said Donald Trump on Sunday after Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced retaliatory measures against U.S. tariffs following the failure of trade negotiations between the two countries.
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