Trump Escalates Trade War with Canada, Says Premier Ford, Amidst Economic Concerns

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Trump Escalates Trade War with Canada, Says Premier Ford, Amidst Economic Concerns
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  1. “Trump is escalating a trade war with Canada for his own vanity,” Michigan’s Democratic nominee Abdul El-Sayed said on social media, adding that his Republican opponent, former Rep. Mike Rogers, is a “rubber stamp” for such policies. A third of the state’s exports go north of the border.

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    National Review Economy

    The Latest Trade War Helps El-Sayed The trade war with Canada will hit Michigan particularly hard.

  2. The latest U.S.-Canada conflagration flared up last month when Trump said he planned to hit Canada with 50% tariffs. He complained that Canada had been unfairly restricting U.S. exports of dairy, alcoholic beverages and autos. Trump set a deadline of Aug. 19 - last Wednesday - for the two countries to reach a deal and head off the tariffs.

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    NPR Economy

    The move comes after President Trump imposed 50% tariffs on many Canadian goods and threatened more after trade talks broke down on Friday. This is a developing story that will be updated.

    BBC Business

    Published President Donald Trump has threatened to hike US tariffs on automobiles originating in Canada, as the trade war between the two neighbours continues to heat up.

  3. The two countries exchanged about $872 billion in goods and services last year. Canadian crude imports equal nearly 20% of total U.S. petroleum consumption, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, part of the Department of Energy.

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    BBC Business

    Canada accounts for 60% of total US crude oil imports and close to 100% of US natural gas exports, according to Canadian government data.

  4. The president said Canada taps into the rich American market without buying many American products in return, resulting in a trade deficit that can reach $60 billion.

  5. Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Wednesday he’s willing to cut off electricity exports to the U.S. if the trade war between Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and President Trump escalates.

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    BBC Business

    Meanwhile, Ontario's outspoken premier, Doug Ford, whose province is home to Canada's auto manufacturing industry, responded to Trump's tariffs and threats by telling the US president to "kiss my ass".

  6. The auto sector is especially important to Ontario, the center of Canada’s vehicle manufacturing industry. Plants and suppliers in Ontario are tightly integrated with factories in Michigan and other U.S. states, with parts routinely crossing the border multiple times during production.

  7. Mr. Trump said the tariffs are a necessary response to trade treatment he considers discriminatory.

  8. The prospects for compromise looked bleak Tuesday, with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney reacting to new 50% U.S. tariffs on certain Canadian goods by responding in kind on about $20 billion worth of American imports, including steel, dairy products, appliances and farm equipment.

  9. With the breakdown threatening to harm one of the world’s largest trading relationships and clouding efforts to renew the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement that Trump negotiated during his first term, experts cautioned that there’s still time to pull back from the brink of an even bigger trade war.

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    BBC Business

    The trade war also put into question the future of an existing North American trade pact, known as the UMSCA, that was signed by Trump in his first term with Canada and Mexico.

  10. Ford said he understood that late in the talks, Washington demanded veto power over trade deals Canada pursued with other countries, which would have violated Canadian sovereignty.

  11. Canadian officials said the U.S. made unacceptable demands and said their counter-tariffs would start Sept. 8.

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    BBC Business

    Canadian officials have said that the US introduced last-minute demands that were "unacceptable", including a clause limiting which countries Canada could sign trade deals with.

  12. Vance asks Mainers to vote Republican — as Trump ups the trade war with Canada Vice President JD Vance's visit marked his second to Maine's 2nd Congressional District in four months.

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    Vice President JD Vance visited Maine on Monday, where he praised “our very independent friend Susan Collins” and assured voters “we’re very mindful of the fact that Maine is a border state with Canada.” He said the administration is trying to make sure Maine “gets a fair deal.”

  13. Ford also suggested that Canada should charge the US extra for its oil and gas, as well as electricity and critical minerals, adding that he will be speaking to Carney on ways to "fight back".

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    Ford said Canada should consider increasingly severe retaliation if Trump continues targeting Canadian industries, including oil and potash, while Ontario could raise electricity prices or stop sending power south.

  14. Ford said Trump wants to make Canada a vassal state. “He wants to bleed out every single sector and bring them down to the U.S.,” Ford said.

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    BBC Business

    His comments appeared to catch the attention of Trump, who in a Truth Social post accused Ford of "bluster" and wrote: "Someone should get these clowns to 'fall in line' or, the consequences for Canada will be far WORSE!".

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  1. 01 Bloomberg

    Greer Suggests US Needs to Consider Bans on Canadian Goods The Trump administration’s top trade negotiator suggested the US ought to consider banning some Canadian goods, injecting another threat into a trade dispute between Washington and Ottawa.

  2. 02 MarketWatch

    Economic Report U.S.-Canada trade war threatens to worsen inflation for both economies. Neither can afford it.

  3. 03 CNBC

    President Donald Trump, in a Wednesday interview, said that the word "affordability" was "devised" by Democrats to disparage him. The Republican National Committee sent out a fundraising text attributed to Vice President JD Vance that said groceries "cost what they cost." And Sen. Darline Graham, R-S.C., who won the nomination for a full Senate term on Tuesday night, disparaged federally-run universal healthcare before recalling with nostalgia her parents heading to work even if they were sick.

  4. 04 RealClearMarkets

    Canada strengthened its border, removed retaliatory tariffs, and got slapped with tariffs anyway. Global governments are learning that US commitments cannot ... Read Full Article »

  5. 05 Financial Times

    ‘We got attacked’: Canadians unite in fury against Trump’s latest tariff salvo Washington’s aggressive trade stance prompts defiance from northern neighbour

  6. 06 National Review Economy

    Trump’s Canada Tariffs Are Not on Mission Wasn’t this supposed to be a president elected to change our relationship with China?

  7. 07 Common Dreams

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  8. 08 Washington Times Business

    TORONTO — U.S. President Donald Trump says his country does not need Canada. But every day, roughly 4 million barrels of Canadian crude oil flow south, helping fuel American cars, trucks and airplanes and supply U.S. industry.

  9. 09 BBC Business

    It comes after US-Canada trade talks collapsed late last week, with each side accusing the other of making unreasonable last-minute demands.

  10. 10 NPR Economy

    Canadian Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said the government's countermeasures would match U.S. tariffs "dollar for dollar, rate for rate," hitting U.S. exports including steel and appliances. Canada's tariffs will take effect Sept. 8, he said.

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Original Articles (22)

Center Greer Suggests US Needs to Consider Bans on Canadian Goods — Bloomberg
Center U.S.-Canada trade war threatens to worsen inflation for both economies. Neither can afford it. — MarketWatch
Center Republicans are dismissing affordability. That could be a problem in November — CNBC
Lean Right Tariffs Erasing America's Credibility — RealClearMarkets
Lean Right Unwrapping the Present "Unaffordability" Discussion — RealClearMarkets
Lean Right The Ridiculous Arguments For President Trump's Tariffs — RealClearMarkets
Lean Right Trump's New Trade War w/Canada: Needless As It Is Costly — RealClearMarkets
Center ‘We got attacked’: Canadians unite in fury against Trump’s latest tariff salvo — Financial Times
Right Trump’s Canada Tariffs Are Not on Mission — National Review Economy
Right The Latest Trade War Helps El-Sayed — National Review Economy
Left 'Canada Must Respond': Ottawa Slaps Retaliatory Tariffs on US Goods After Trump Trade War Escalation — Common Dreams
Left 'The Red States, We're Going to Hit Hard': Canadian Politicians Vow to Make MAGA Pay for Trump's Trade War — Common Dreams
Lean Right Trump says the U.S. doesn't need Canada. The economy says otherwise — Washington Times Business
Lean Right Trump's tariffs have notched few wins while raising prices for Americans — Washington Times Business
Lean Right Canada's Doug Ford renews threat to stop electricity exports to U.S. — Washington Times Business
Lean Right The U.S. and Canada could pull back from an all-out trade war. It's not clear that they will — Washington Times Business
Lean Right Canada answers with tariffs against U.S., unveils $7.5B loan for industries targeted by Trump — Washington Times Business
Lean Right Trump's trade war with Canada could rattle economies in states with key Senate races — Washington Times Business
Lean Right Ontario's premier: Canada should be ready to cut electricity, critical minerals as trade woes worsen — Washington Times Business
Center US-Canada trade war escalates as Trump threatens tariff hike on autos after Carney vows to retaliate — BBC Business
Lean Left Canada announces retaliatory tariffs on the U.S. as the countries' trade fight deepens — NPR Economy
Lean Left Vance asks Mainers to vote Republican — as Trump ups the trade war with Canada — Politico Economy