Trump Imposes Tariffs on Canadian Goods Amid Trade Negotiations Breakdown

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Trump Imposes Tariffs on Canadian Goods Amid Trade Negotiations Breakdown
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  1. Canada walked away from trade negotiations, so President Trump carried out his threat to impose 50% tariffs on roughly $20 billion in Canadian goods.

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    New York Post

    Late last week, Trump slapped a 50% tariff on $20 billion worth of goods from Canada, including beer, cheese, electronics, and more. That came after trade talks between the two countries broke down.

    HuffPost

    Trump’s new tariffs on a hodgepodge of goods from Canada will raise prices for U.S. consumers even further in the run-up to the November elections, while Canadian tariffs will hurt U.S. exporters who count on that business. Trump has also upped his volume of insults against Canada, claiming, for example, that he will rename Lake Ontario as Lake America.

    Vox

    On Monday, Trump threatened another round of 50 percent tariffs on top of the ones he just implemented — this one targeting Canada’s auto industry, which is so deeply integrated with its American counterpart that large duties would do major damage on both sides of the border. By Tuesday morning, he had begun musing about renaming Lake Ontario “Lake America” to spite Canadians. And throughout all of this, he and Vice President JD Vance had renewed their “jokes” about absorbing Canada as the 51st state.

    The Guardian US

    Instead, Mark Carney, the Canadian prime minister who has emerged as a rare world leader willing to stand up to Trump, said Canada had been “attacked”, and announced retaliatory tariffs on about $20bn worth of US goods, including steel, dairy products, appliances and farm equipment.

  2. “These tariffs would have caused tremendous harm to Maine’s lobstermen, disrupting one of their most important markets during the fall fishing season,” she said. “I urge the U.S. to respond to this show of good faith from our Canadian friends by returning to the negotiating table and working to amicably resolve this trade dispute.”

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    New York Post

    Almost all of Maine’s congressional delegation has criticized the trade feud with Canada, including Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), who warned it could wreak havoc on Maine’s lobstermen.

  3. As with so many other things, Trump’s decision to act against Canada is rooted in his profound ignorance, in this case his longstanding inability to understand how international trade works. For decades, Trump has claimed, falsely, that countries that sell more products to the United States than buy from the U.S. are “ripping off” Americans. He further conflates trade deficits with the U.S. budget deficit.

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  1. 01 The Hill

    Collins urges US to return to trade talks with Canada Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) on Thursday again pressed for the U.S. to return to talks with Canada amid the escalating trade war between two countries. Collins, who has previously criticized the 50 percent tit-for-tat tariffs both countries imposed after negotiations failed last weekend, said in a post on the social platform X Thursday afternoon that…

  2. 02 New York Post

    WASHINGTON — President Trump got some rare Democratic support in his trade war with Canada from retiring Maine Rep. Jared Golden, whose district shares a border with America’s northern neighbor.

  3. 03 New York Times

    Backing Off French Issue Could Restart U.S. Trade Talks, Canadian Official Says The minister in charge of trade with the United States was responding to comments by Jamieson Greer, the U.S. trade representative, to a Canadian broadcaster.

  4. 04 Vox

    But who is this even for? While the White House’s behavior infuriates Canadians — it is palpable on the ground here in Canada — it’s unusual by Trump standards in that nobody seems to want this conflict but him.

  5. 05 The Guardian US

    Earlier this year a survey found that Canada, along with Switzerland, was the best-liked country in the world. We all know this kind of polling is about as scientific as a high school popularity contest, but at least anecdotally, Canadians have a reputation for being friendly and welcoming, respectful and polite. Many people would find it difficult to dislike Canadians.

  6. 06 Washington Times

    A top Canadian official said the U.S. might not make French language and cultural provisions a sticking point in trade talks, a potential sign of de-escalation between the nations.

  7. 07 HuffPost

    TORONTO (AP) — 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.

  8. 08 RealClearPolitics

    Nobody Wants Trump's Trade War With Canada

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  • thehill
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Original Articles (10)

Lean Right Collins urges US to return to trade talks with Canada — The Hill
Lean Right Maine Dem defends Trump’s trade war, warns Canadians: ‘It won’t go well’ — New York Post
Lean Left Backing Off French Issue Could Restart U.S. Trade Talks, Canadian Official Says — New York Times
Left Nobody wants this trade war with Canada — Vox
Lean Left How to lose Trump’s trade war: Test Canada’s resolve with threats to hockey sticks — The Guardian US
Lean Right Canada sees progress in dispute over French language in U.S. trade talks — Washington Times
Left Trump Says The U.S. Doesn’t Need Canada. The Economy Says Otherwise. — HuffPost
Left Trump Threatens New Trade War And Canada’s Carney Says Sure, Bring It On — HuffPost
Lean Right Nobody Wants Trump's Trade War With Canada — RealClearPolitics
Lean Right Mark Carney Tells Trump He Will Never Own Canada — RealClearPolitics