Trump says Canada wants ‘benefits’ of being US state after trade talks collapse
US President Donald Trump has said Canada wants “the benefits of being a State, without being one” after trade talks between the two countries collapsed late on Friday. In his first comments since negotiations broke down, triggering new 50% US tariffs on a range of Canadian goods, Trump also said American farmers had been charged […] The post Trump says Canada wants ‘benefits’ of being US state…
US President Donald Trump has declared Canada desires the "benefits of being a State" without officially being one, following the collapse of trade talks between the two nations on Friday. The decision comes with the imposition of 50% US tariffs on a variety of Canadian products, sparking outrage from Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney.
Carney called Trump's tariffs a "miscalculation" meant to "hurt and divide us" and pledged to match them "dollar-for-dollar" starting September 8, including levies on steel, dairy, appliances and electronics. The US and Canada are now engaged in a "trade war," according to Carney, who criticized Canada for offering "too little" and Canada for "asking too much."
The collapse of the trade talks has disrupted an already interconnected trading relationship, with no apparent resolution in sight.
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