Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney detailed the last-minute US demands he says derailed trade talks as Canada prepares dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs
The U.S. is levying a 50% charge on Canadian imports including wine, hockey sticks, cement, and paper and textile products. Ottawa has pledged retaliation.
Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney on Saturday announced his country would impose “dollar-for-dollar” tariffs on U.S. goods — a retaliatory measure after trade talks between the two nations broke down.
"(Canadian negotiators) worked hard, in good faith, to defend the interests of Canadians throughout these negotiations up until the very last minute," Carney said. “However, last-minute changes in the U.S. proposed terms were unfair, uneconomic and called into question the reliability of any deal.
"(Canadian negotiators) worked hard, in good faith, to defend the interests of Canadians throughout these negotiations up until the very last minute," Carney said. “However, last-minute changes in the U.S. proposed terms were unfair, uneconomic and called into question the reliability of any deal.
The U.S. and Canada failed to reach a trade deal on Friday to stave off new tariffs by the Trump administration. The tariffs impact roughly $20 billion worth of Canadian imports, including wine, furniture, dairy products, cement, clothing, fishing rods, hockey equipment.
The US has imposed a 50% tariff on $20bn (£14.6bn) worth of goods from Canada, which has vowed to retaliate against its historic ally.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney suspended trade negotiations with the U.S. and announced retaliatory tariffs after calling Trump's last-minute proposed terms unfair.
Negotiations between the neighboring countries broke down Friday night and Ottawa threatened to retaliate.
U.S. and Canadian officials were engaged in additional talks on Friday. Details about what's in their new trade deal have trickled out.
The U.S. and Canada have yet to announce a final trade deal that will keep President Donald Trump's 50% tariffs from taking effect. If no deal is reached by 12:01 a.m.
The tentative trade deal between the US and Canada would lower tariffs on certain Canadian exports of steel and aluminum to 25% and cut duties on Canadian auto exports to 15%, according to people familiar with the matter. Tariffs on the non-US content in autos exported from Canada would be reduced to 15% from 25%, and the move on steel and aluminum under discussion would generally halve US tariffs on imports of the two metals.