Trump Administration Promises Tariffs on Canadian Goods Amid Ongoing Negotiations
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The Trump administration has promised that new 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods will kick in early Wednesday, but there are expectations that Donald Trump and his aides may yet again back down from a threat.
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Washington Times BusinessTension could hit new heights at 12:01 a.m. Wednesday if Trump goes ahead with his plan to impose 50% tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian products, ranging from hockey sticks to tongue depressors.
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Prime Minister Mark Carney kept details of the talks close to his chest when pressed by reporters on Monday, saying that given the "very delicate and intense" negotiations, it is "not the time to negotiate in public".
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Washington Times Business″We are negotiating,” Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told reporters Monday, speaking in French. “The negotiations are very intense and delicate. This is not the time to talk about negotiations in public.”
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Dominic LeBlanc, Canada’s minister for U.S. trade, met with Greer on Monday. He was tight-lipped afterward.
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BBC Business"Our job is not yet done," US-Canada Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc said on Monday as he left Greer's office.
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01 Bloomberg India Challenges US Quartz Tariffs With WTO Consultation Bid India has sought consultations with the US at the World Trade Organization over tariffs imposed by the White House on some quartz products, adding another point of friction between the two countries as they remain without a trade deal.
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02 MarketWatch Washington Watch A new set of Trump tariffs for Canada could take effect Wednesday. Here’s what’s at stake.
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03 Fortune When US President Donald Trump first targeted the Canadian auto industry with tariffs it cost Linda Hasenfratz her status as a billionaire.
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04 Common Dreams 5 #000000 #FFFFFF After the passage of a law that allows people with Canadian ancestry going back generations to apply for citizenship, archivists are also seeing an increase in requests for genealogical records.
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05 Washington Times Business The United States and Canada have wrangled for decades over trade, poking each other interminably over sore spots like Canadian softwood lumber imports and U.S. access to Canada’s protected dairy market.
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06 Financial Times Mark Carney in last-ditch effort to avoid Trump’s latest tariffs Canadian prime minister plans call with US president before a Wednesday deadline for levies on $20bn of trade
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07 BBC Business Published "Intense" trade talks are going down to the wire as Canada seeks to avoid a fresh round of tariffs from the Trump administration due to come into effect in less than 48 hours.
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