{"id":137520,"date":"2026-07-21T04:14:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-21T04:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/137520\/"},"modified":"2026-07-21T04:14:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-21T04:14:13","slug":"canadian-pm-says-us-proposed-tariffs-violate-trilateral-trade-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/137520\/","title":{"rendered":"Canadian PM says US-proposed tariffs violate trilateral trade deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during a visit to General Dynamics in London, Ontario, on July 16, 2026. (PHOTO \/ THE CANADIAN PRESS VIA AP)<\/p>\n

OTTAWA\/NEW YORK \u2013 Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Monday that the US administration’s announced intention to impose a new 50 percent tariff on a broad range of Canadian goods is “the latest in a series of unilateral US trade actions in direct violation of the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA)”.<\/p>\n

In a statement, Carney said that the US has been “transforming all of its trade relationships, including those covered under CUSMA, over the past 18 months”, and Canada has made a series of detailed and comprehensive proposals to resolve the dispute and modernize the CUSMA.<\/p>\n

“We stand ready to intensify those discussions in the coming weeks,” said Carney.<\/p>\n

The prime minister said that Canada believes in the benefits of free and fair trade and that the trade dispute has raised costs for families, particularly in the US.<\/p>\n

He voiced Canada’s readiness to engage intensively to address “outstanding issues with the United States to the mutual benefit of our citizens”.<\/p>\n

ALSO READ: Canada sets up new advisory committee on economic ties with US<\/a><\/p>\n

US President Donald Trump speaks to reporters as he exits Air Force One at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, after attending the World Cup final soccer match, July 19, 2026. (PHOTO \/ AP)<\/p>\n

On Monday, US President Donald Trump signed three proclamations to impose an additional 50 percent tariff on certain Canadian goods, saying Canada was discriminating against US commerce.<\/p>\n

The additional 50 percent ad valorem duties on certain dairy products, alcoholic beverages, motor vehicles and related goods will become effective as of 12:01 am Eastern Time (0401 GMT) on Aug 19, according to documents posted on the White House website. Energy products, potash, fish and critical minerals will be exempt from the tariff.<\/p>\n

In a proclamation concerning motor vehicles and related products, Trump said Canada has maintained a 25 percent tariff on imports of US motor vehicles that do not qualify for preferential, duty-free treatment under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) since April 9, 2025. Canada also maintains a tariff-rate quota on US motor vehicles that qualify for preferential, duty-free treatment under the USMCA.<\/p>\n

Following the implementation of the tariff measures, Canadian imports of US motor vehicles fell by about 22 percent, from approximately $25.9 billion between April 2024 and March 2025 to around $20.3 billion during the same period of 2025-2026, according to the proclamation.<\/p>\n

“Canada only applies the tariff scheme to US-origin motor vehicles,” Trump said, claiming that Canada’s tariff policy discriminates against the US commerce and puts American businesses at a disadvantage compared with those of other countries.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: Canada proposes 16-year extension of North America’s free trade agreement<\/a><\/p>\n

In early July, the US declined to renew the USMCA at the agreement’s mandatory six-year joint review. The trade pact will now be subject to annual reviews, potentially through 2036, unless all three parties agree to extend it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks during a visit to General Dynamics in London, Ontario, on July 16,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":137521,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[17,772,388,6339,401,734],"class_list":["post-137520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-canada","tag-commerce","tag-mexico","tag-tariff","tag-trade","tag-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/137520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137521"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=137520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=137520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}