US sees no trade talks with Canada after 50% tariffs take effect

The United States has no plans to resume trade negotiations with Canada following the breakdown of dialogue and the implementation of new 50% tariffs on Canadian imports, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer announced.

Greer stated that "there are no new conversations planned with the Canadians," as Prime Minister Mark Carney confirmed Ottawa would match Washington's new levies dollar-for-dollar starting September 8. Greer emphasized that while President Trump's trade policy aims to bring production back to the U.S. and protect American jobs, both China and Canada have retaliated. "After a year of such reprisals, we have said enough is enough, and therefore we have taken countermeasures," Greer said.

He added that the U.S. had offered Canada favorable terms on tariffs for steel, automobiles, and lumber, but these were not accepted. Greer blamed Canada for the talks' failure, asserting that Ottawa refused to finalize an agreement on terms that Washington claimed had been settled earlier in the week. The breakdown allows the 50% tariffs, announced by Trump in July on approximately $20 billion in Canadian products, to take effect.

In response, Prime Minister Carney indicated Canada's retaliatory measures would target sectors such as steel, dairy, appliances, agricultural machinery, paper, and electronics. He suggested Canada could impact the U.S. economy through energy exports and accused Washington's new measures of aiming to harm and divide Canadians. California Governor Gavin Newsom publicly rejected the tariffs, questioning the U.S. strategy against its closest ally and key trading partner.

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mientras el presidente (Donald) Trump ha puesto en marcha una política comercial destinada a repatriar la producción a Estados Unidos y proteger los empleos estadounidenses, dos países han tomado represalias contra Estados Unidos: la República Popular China y Canadá