Trump Pauses Tariffs on Canada Amidst Economic Concerns
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On social media, Trump wrote: “I have paused the 50% Tariffs against Canada, that were scheduled to kick in tomorrow morning for a three day period, based on the fact that Canada and the U.S.A., subject to the finalization of documents, have a DEAL!”
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New York Post“I have paused the 50% Tariffs against Canada, that were scheduled to kick in tomorrow morning for a three day period,” Trump wrote on Truth Social, “based on the fact that Canada and the U.S.A., subject to the finalization of documents, have a DEAL!”
Washington ExaminerPresident Donald Trump on Tuesday announced he would be pausing his planned 50% tariffs on Canadian goods just hours before they were meant to take effect, avoiding a trade war between the United States and its northern neighbor.
BBC News"I have paused the 50% Tariffs against Canada, that were scheduled to kick in tomorrow morning for a three day period, based on the fact that Canada and the U.S.A., subject to the finalization of documents, have a DEAL!" Trump said in a social media post.
The Guardian USDonald Trump posted late on Tuesday on social media that he had paused the tariffs for three days “based on the fact that Canada and the USA, subject to the finalization of documents, have a DEAL!”
The HillTrump pauses 50% tariffs on Canada for 3 days President Trump said late Tuesday that he paused the 50 percent tariffs on a slew of Canadian goods for three days, saying the U.S. and Canada are finalizing a deal. The announcement comes just a few hours before the tariffs were supposed to go into effect at midnight. “I have paused the 50% Tariffs against…
ABC NewsPresident Donald Trump’s belligerent approach to dealing with Canada marks an extraordinary departure from the traditionally cooperative relationship between the two countries. Trump has hit Canadian goods with tariffs — in a push to bring manufacturing back to the United States — and has repeatedly made inflammatory comments about turning Canada into America’s 51st state.
PBS NewsHourU.S. and Canada hold last-minute negotiations to prevent Trump's 50% tariffs If no deal is reached, Trump has threatened to impose 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian products, ranging from hockey sticks to tongue depressors.
Fox NewsTrump and Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney held last-minute talks Tuesday as the two sides raced to avert the 50% tariffs before the midnight deadline.
New York TimesTariffs on Hold as Trump Claims Deal With Canada Is Near President Trump announced a three-day delay on imposing 50 percent tariffs in a social media post on Tuesday night, roughly 90 minutes before the 12:01 a.m. deadline.
ReutersCarney and Trump speak ahead of 50% US tariff deadline - Reuters Carney and Trump speak ahead of 50% US tariff deadline Reuters
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They would have been in addition to existing tariffs the US had already imposed on Canadian steel and aluminium, autos and lumber.
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New York PostHowever, the two nations have been involved in a year-long trade tit-for-tat. Currently, US tariffs on Canadian goods include a 25% tariff on steel and aluminum, a 35% tariff on softwood lumber, a 10% tariff on certain energy products, a 12.5% tariff related to forced labor prohibitions, and a 25% tariff on cars not built in the US.
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On Tuesday, the US Chamber of Commerce pushed for a deal to be reached, saying in a statement that "higher tariffs would damage both economies, drive up costs for US families, further disrupt critical supply chains, and risk the 13 million American jobs that depend on trade under the US-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement".
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NBC NewsThe U.S. Chamber of Commerce warned in a Tuesday statement that in the event of no deal, “the introduction of higher tariffs would damage both economies, drive up costs for U.S. families, further disrupt critical supply chains, and risk the 13 million American jobs that depend on” the North American trade pact.
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“The policy basis for [Wednesday’s] duties are related to measures that Canada took against the United States,” U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said last week. “I’ve got two countries in the world that have retaliated against the United States for trade measures: the People’s Republic of China and Canada,” said Greer. “That’s not the kind of company you really want to be running in.”
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ABC News“If a country retaliates against us, we’re obviously not going to tolerate that,” U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told reporters Friday at the Iowa State Fair. “We’ll take action. My sense is the Canadians, they want to have a more conciliatory approach, but we’ll see.”
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01 BBC News The announcement came less than two hours before a 50% levy on nearly $20bn (C$28bn) of Canadian imports were set to go in place.
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02 ABC News Tension between Washington and Ottawa is already high, stoked by trade disputes and President Donald Trump's inflammatory comments about making Canada the 51st U.S. state
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03 New York Times Voters Head to the Polls on Either End of the Country Also, it’s crunch time for U.S.-Canada trade. Here’s the latest at the end of Tuesday.
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04 The Guardian US Keystone XL, which was proposed in 2008 to bring oil from Canada’s western tar sands to US refiners, was halted in 2021 by owner TC Energy after Joe Biden revoked a key permit needed for a US stretch of the 1,200-mile (1,930km) project. It became a flashpoint in US-Canada relations, amid opposition from US landowners, Native American tribes and environmentalists.
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05 Fox News Chris Swonger, president and CEO of the Distilled Spirits Council, said the stakes cut both ways, saying the tariff could hit U.S. hospitality businesses while also potentially pressuring Canada to put American spirits back on its shelves.
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06 Washington Examiner Trump’s deadline for the tariffs to go into effect was Wednesday at 12:01 a.m., but after Washington and Ottawa met for talks, the two countries reached a deal, Trump said, as both sought to prevent another escalation in a trade dispute that has strained relations between the longtime allies.
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07 NBC News Prime Minister Mark Carney’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the deal.
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08 New York Post Administration officials, as of Tuesday afternoon, said there was no resolution in sight to prevent the retaliatory tariffs from going into effect at 12:01 am.
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