Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleUnited States tariffs of 50% took effect on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods after last-minute trade negotiations between the two nations broke down. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney immediately promised to retaliate, saying: “Canada will match those tariffs dollar for dollar to protect our workers and businesses.”Carney blamed Washington for the breakdown, saying that “last-minute changes in the U.S. proposed terms were unfair, uneconomic, and called into question the reliability of any deal.”U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer stated that Canada upended a potential deal by introducing new demands and walking back previous commitments. Donald Trump invoked Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, a Great Depression-era law, to justify the 50 percent import taxes on Canadian products. In fullCanada vows to match US tariffs ‘dollar for dollar’ as Trump’s 50% taxes come into forceMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in

Canada has suspended trade negotiations with the United States, Prime Minister Mark Carney said late Friday, adding that the country would match US tariffs imposed at midnight…

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney vows to retaliate, says his country recognized that 'America has changed' and that the two countries would 'not return to our old relationship'