Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced retaliatory tariffs on the United States on Saturday, after walking away from a “bad deal” on trade in a deepening rift between the longtime allies.
Negotiations between the neighboring countries broke down Friday in Washington, putting into force new 50-percent US tariffs impacting about $20 billion worth of goods, or 5.5 percent of Canadian exports to the United States.
Impacted products range from hockey sticks to cement.
“You’re at war when you get attacked. We got attacked,” Carney said.
US President Donald Trump had said Washington “should be able to have a deal with Canada,” citing his “good relationship” with Carney.
