Trump: time to teach Canada you can't do this anymore
Canada plans dollar-for-dollar retaliation as Trump says the 50% tariffs will pressure Ottawa after talks collapsed.
- President Donald Trump labeled Canada 'one of the worst countries to deal with' on Wednesday during a phone interview with Glenn Beck, accusing the nation of having 'taken advantage of the United States for many decades.'
- Retaliatory tariffs from Ottawa escalated a trade war Trump initiated months ago to address what he claimed was exploitation of American car and agriculture industries.
- Trump specifically criticized Canada's dairy tariffs, comparing the trade regime to a state violating the Constitution, while claiming Americans could 'get by' without Canadian trade despite minor inconveniences.
- Relations between Washington and Ottawa remain strained as Trump bragged about upending the bilateral relationship, declaring it is 'time to teach Canada you can't do this anymore.'
- The aggressive rhetoric signals a hardening policy position as Trump suggested the United States could source goods elsewhere, potentially disrupting integrated supply chains in auto and agriculture sectors.
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Otago Daily Times'Time to teach Canada you can't do this anymore': Trump
WASHINGTON: US President Donald Trump said on Wednesday (Aug 26) it was "time to teach Canada you can't do this anymore", just days after trade talks between the neighbouring countries broke down."I had a deal,
Canada is beating Trump at his own tariff game
For all his self-created lore of being a consummate dealmaker, President Donald Trump actually sucks at deals, mostly using legal threats and actions to bully his way to his preferred outcomes. Canada has already retaliated, and its tariffs may have far more political bite than Trump’s.
U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that it is time to teach Canada that it is no longer possible to do so, a few days after the trade negotiations between neighbouring countries failed. I had an agreement, which was very good, very good even, declared Trump in an interview with presenter Glenn Beck. Read also: Canada reacts to U.S. tariffs and triggers commercial war Trump's trade war with Canada threatens Republicans in Senate disput…
The President reiterated erroneous assertions about Canadian tariffs to justify his own tariffs.
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