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President Trump weighed in Sunday on the collapse of U.S.-Canada trade talks, signaling in a 1 a.m. social media post that he was not backing down from the terms Canada had rejected.
“Canada wants the benefits of being a State, without being one!!! They have also charged our great farmers, for many years, massive amounts of Tariffs. No more!!!” Mr. Trump posted.
The United States imposed 50% tariffs on $20 billion in Canadian imports — a total Canadian officials value at closer to $28 billion — after trade negotiations collapsed late Friday.
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told “Fox & Friends Weekend” that no new trade talks were scheduled.
“We’ve said enough, and so we’ve taken countermeasures. Our interest is in protecting American workers and protecting American supply chains,” Mr. Greer said.
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada will impose dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods beginning Sept. 8. The tariffs will target steel, dairy, appliances, agricultural equipment, pulp and paper, and electronics.
Mr. Carney said during a Saturday press conference that the negotiations unraveled because U.S. negotiators introduced last-minute changes, among them limitations on Canada’s ability to secure trade deals with other countries.
“We’re the partner of choice in many respects for countries around the world, and the Americans wanted to restrict that. Unacceptable,” Mr. Carney said.
Mr. Carney said U.S. negotiators blindsided the Canadians by changing the proposed auto tariff reductions. U.S. negotiators also sought to limit protections for Canada’s French-language content on streaming services and requirements for bilingual labeling on appliances, electronics and instruction manuals the U.S. exports to Canada, Mr. Carney said.
The impasse deepens a trade war that began early in Mr. Trump’s second term.
The two nations had already imposed 25% tariffs on steel and aluminum under Section 232, as well as 25% tariffs on automobiles and long-standing duties on Canadian softwood lumber.
The 50% tariffs levied on Canada on Saturday will be imposed on products including hockey sticks, wine, cement, honey, cut flowers, vinyl floors, tableware, school supplies, plywood, furniture parts, musical instrument cases and hundreds of other products.
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