US-Canada Trade Conflict Escalates
Trump demands a Canadian apology as new import bans take effect amid escalating trade tensions.
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President Donald Trump said he expects Canada to seek a trade agreement within weeks and apologize, while asserting the United States would “win everything.” His remarks came as new U.S. import bans targeting some Canadian alcohol, dairy products and motorcycles were set to take effect, further escalating a dispute after negotiations broke down. Trump also repeated disputed claims about Canadian trade practices and invoked his “Lake America” name for Lake Ontario. Canadian officials called the measures unjustified and said their priorities are protecting Canadian workers and businesses and diversifying trade partnerships.
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The restrictions are not expected to significantly affect Canadian economic growth in the near term, though they add to the strain in Ottawa’s relationship with the Trump administration.
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Before the new bans, Trump had already imposed 50 per cent tariffs on some Canadian goods, removed other goods from U.S. federal procurement and signed an order renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America.
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Trump’s specific disputed trade claims included that Canada charges U.S. farmers tariffs of 400 per cent or more and that 95 per cent of Canada’s business is conducted with the United States.
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Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro described Canadians as “the most difficult and arrogant of the traders” and claimed Ottawa was “getting in bed with” Beijing.
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