News of the day: What did Mark Carney give up to get tentative deal with Donald Trump?
It’s Wednesday, Aug.19. Here are the top stories we’re following today. LILLEY: What did Carney give up to get tentative deal with Trump? Canada dodged a tariff bullet at midnight — but Ottawa isn’t saying how it happened. Details of the new deal that spared the country crushing new tariffs are scant Wednesday morning. What […]
Canada avoided having new tariffs imposed by the US at the last minute. The tariffs, which would have been 50 per cent on $29 billion worth of Canadian goods, were threatened by US President Donald Trump if a deal wasn't reached by a certain deadline.
Details of the new deal are scarce, but it is reported that Canada dodged the tariffs. According to the Toronto Sun, Ottawa isn't saying what concessions were made to secure this tentative deal.
The US had been threatening to impose the tariffs, but ultimately did not do so. The New York Times reports that questions remain about what Canada gave up and what it got in exchange.
Brief written by urgent.news from Toronto Sun, National Post, The New York Times — 3 reports on this story. Machine-written — may contain errors; check the original before relying on it.
