‘Unfair, Uneconomic’: Canada Suspends Trade Talks With US Over Last-Minute Changes In Deal

Ca ada
has
suspe ded
t ade
egotiatio s
with
the
U ited
States
afte
last-ditch
talks
failed
to
esolve
the
latest
st ai
i
elatio s
betwee
the
two
cou t ies,
with
P ime
Mi iste
Ma k
Ca ey
desc ibi g
cha ges
to
Washi gto & squo;s
p oposed
te ms
as
“u fai & dquo;
a d
“u eco omic& dquo;.

The
U ited
States
was
set
to
impose
50%
ta iffs
o
$20
billio
wo th
of
Ca adia
p oducts
ea ly
Satu day
afte
the
egotiatio s
failed
to
p oduce
a
ag eeme t.

The
ta iffs
a e
expected
to
affect
about
5%
of
what
Ca ada
ships
to
the
US
each
yea ,
i cludi g
p oducts
such
as
hockey
sticks
a d
to gue
dep esso s.

Ca ey
Calls
US
Te ms
‘U fai ,
U eco omic& squo;

Ca ey
said
the
latest
cha ges
p oposed
by
the
US
had
dis upted
egotiatio s
a d
aised
questio s
ove
the
eliability
of
a y
eve tual
ag eeme t.

“Last-mi ute
cha ges
i
the
US-p oposed
te ms
we e
u fai ,
u eco omic,
a d
called
i to
questio
the
eliability
of
a y
deal.& dquo;

Ca ey
said
his
gove me t
would
a ou ce
additio al
suppo t
fo
Ca adia
wo ke s
a d
busi esses
i
the
comi g
days.

My
stateme t
o
Ca ada-U.S.
t ade
egotiatio s:

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—
Ma k
Ca ey
(@Ma kJCa ey)

August
22,
2026

US
T ade
Rep ese tative
Jamieso
G ee ,
mea while,
said
Ca ada
had
decli ed
to
fi alise
the
t ade
ag eeme t
u de
te ms
ag eed
ea lie
i
the
week.

“To ight,
Ca ada
decli ed
to
fi alize
the
t ade
deal
u de
the
te ms
ag eed
ea lie
this
week.
Despite
the
US
offe
to
Ca ada
to
eceive
the
best
t eatme t
of
a y
majo
expo te
to
ou
ma ket,
ew
dema ds
a d
walk
backs
of
othe
commitme ts
by
Ca ada
have
upe ded
the
ca eful
bala ce
eached
i
the
past
days,& dquo;
G ee
said
i
a
stateme t
ead
to
epo te s
o
a
p ess
call
sho tly
befo e
mid ight.

G ee
desc ibed
the
US
p oposal
as
“fo wa d-looki g& dquo;
a d
said
it
i cluded
“a
histo ic
eco omic
a d
atio al
secu ity
pa t e ship.& dquo;

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T ump
Calls
Ho muz
‘Ame ica
Te ito y& squo;,
Says
I a
Ready
Fo
Deal
But
Not
The
‘Right& squo;
O e

Ta iff
Deadli e
Exte ded,
But
No
Deal

The
ta iffs
we e
i itially
scheduled
to
take
effect
at
12:01
am
Wed esday.
Howeve ,
US
P eside t
Do ald
T ump
exte ded
the
deadli e
by
th ee
days
to
allow
egotiatio s
to
co ti ue.

Despite
the
additio al
time,
the
two
sides
failed
to
each
a
ag eeme t.

The
US
a d
Ca ada
have
had
disag eeme ts
ove
t ade
fo
decades,
i cludi g
disputes
i volvi g
Ca adia
softwood
lumbe
impo ts
a d
US
access
to
Ca ada’s
p otected
dai y
ma ket.

Despite
these
diffe e ces,
the
two
cou t ies
have
emai ed
f ie ds,
allies
a d
t adi g
pa t e s.
Ca adia
soldie s
fought
alo gside
Ame ica
t oops
i
Afgha ista
afte
9/11.

The
5,525-mile
US-Ca ada
bo de
is
u defe ded,
while
ea ly
330,000
people
a d
$2
billio
wo th
of
goods
c oss
it
eve y
day.
A ou d
800,000
Ca adia s
live
i
the
U ited
States.

T ump& squo;s
App oach
Ma ks
Shift
I
Relatio s

T ump’s
app oach
towa ds
Ca ada
ep ese ts
a
majo
depa tu e
f om
the
t aditio ally
coope ative
elatio ship
betwee
the
two
cou t ies.

T ump
has
imposed
ta iffs
o
Ca adia
goods
as
pa t
of
effo ts
to
b i g
ma ufactu i g
back
to
the
U ited
States
a d
has
epeatedly
made
comme ts
about
tu i g
Ca ada
i to
Ame ica’s
51st
state.

The
Ca adia
public
has
also
exp essed
g owi g
oppositio .
A
petitio
seeki g
the
expulsio
of
US
Ambassado
Pete
Hoekst a,
a
T ump
ally,
had
collected
ea ly
248,000
sig atu es
si ce
July
21.

The
petitio
accuses
Hoekst a
of
havi g
“ o malized”
T ump’s
talk
of
a exi g
Ca ada,
amo g
othe
thi gs.

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Ca ada
Heavily
Depe de t
O
US
Ma ket

Nea ly
72%
of
Ca ada’s
goods
expo ts
last
yea
we t
to
the
U ited
States.

The
political
impact
of
the
latest
b eakdow
i
egotiatio s
could
be
la ge
tha
the
immediate
eco omic
fallout,
with
the
two
cou t ies
havi g
excha ged
$880
billio
wo th
of
goods
a d
se vices
last
yea .

The
T ump
admi ist atio
could
also
face
p essu e
ove
imposi g
a
majo
ew
ta iff
ahead
of
Novembe ‘s
midte m
electio s,
as
US
impo te s
pay
the
ta iffs
a d
may
pass
the
additio al
costs
o
to
co sume s
th ough
highe
p ices.

Ame ica
vote s
a e
al eady
f ust ated
with
the
high
cost
of
livi g.& bsp;

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