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 sai

Canada and the US are working on negotiating a trade deal by August 1, with Trump threatening a 35% tariff on Canada.

President Donald Trump late Wednesday threatened the potential of a trade deal between the United States and Canada, after Ottawa said it would recognize a Palestinian state.

President says Canada’s move to recognise a Palestinian state ‘will make it very hard for us’ to conclude a trade deal

Trump says recognising Palestine statehood ‘rewards Hamas’ and US deal with Canada would now be ‘very hard’

The US president cited Canada’s ‘inaction and retaliation’ as a reason for raising duties on the country’s goods from 25%.

President Trump increases tariffs on Canadian goods to 35% from 25% in response to Canada's inaction and retaliation.

Trump is set to impose a 35 percent tariff on all Canadian goods not covered by the US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement.

White House cites fentanyl crisis as reason for tariffs, but move comes hours after Trump criticised Carney’s backing of a Palestinian state

Decision comes amid escalating trade tensions between the two countries and before a deadline to negotiate a deal

The president also announced sweeping tariffs on dozens of countries, as he continued his drive to remake how global trade operates.

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…

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney expressed disappointment as President Trump unveiled his bruising tariff plan ahead of his August 1 deadline

Il primo ministro canadese Mark Carney ha dichiarato oggi che Ottawa è "delusa" dalla decisione di Washington di aumentare al 35% i dazi doganali sui prodotti del Paese non…

Il primo ministro canadese Mark Carney ha dichiarato oggi che Ottawa è "delusa" dalla decisione di Washington di aumentare al 35% i dazi doganali sui prodotti del Paese non…

Dominic LeBlanc, the federal cabinet minister in charge of U.S.-Canada trade, said that he believed a deal to bring down tariffs remained an option.