OTTAWA: Prime Minister Mark Carney said Friday his government is “disappointed” by President Donald Trump’s decision to increase US tariffs on Canadian goods to 35 percent.
The US leader had warned of trade consequences for Ottawa after Carney announced plans to recognize a Palestinian state at the UN General Assembly in September.
In an executive order, Trump raised the levy from 25 percent to 35 percent.
A wide swath of products covered by a 2020 United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement remain exempt from the tariff rate, however.
“The Canadian government is disappointed by this action,” Carney said in a statement.
