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\nCanada Prime Minister Mark Carney. (File | Photo Credit: AP)<\/p>\n
\nCanada Prime Minister Mark Carney. (File | Photo Credit: AP)<\/p>\n
\t<\/p>\n \t<\/a> \t<\/a> \t<\/a> \t<\/a> \t<\/a> \t<\/a> <\/a> \t\t\t \t<\/a><\/p>\n OTTAWA (TIP): Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday, August 6, that trade negotiations with the United States had turned \u201cnasty\u201d after President Donald Trump derided America\u2019s neighbor and its leadership while threatening to expand tariffs. Mr. Carney said Canada remained engaged in the negotiations despite Mr. Trump\u2019s comments, describing the talks as a fight to protect Canadian workers and businesses.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is a tough negotiation,\u201d Mr. Carney said in French. \u201cYou can say nasty.\u2019 But this is a question of Canadian jobs. It\u2019s a question of the future of Canadian businesses.\u201d Mr. Trump criticized Canada during a speech Wednesday (August 5, 2026) in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n \u201cCanada\u2019s nasty. They are. They\u2019re nasty,\u201d Mr. Trump said. \u201cI love the people, but they\u2019re nasty. Nasty leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n Mr. Carney said \u201cwe are in the middle of a tariff war with the Americans\u201d but laughed when asked about Mr. Trump\u2019s description. He said Canadian negotiators were in Washington this week and that he expected further conversations with Mr. Trump after speaking with him last week.<\/p>\n The United States already has tariffs on Canadian steel, aluminum, and automobiles. Mr. Trump has threatened to impose 50 per cent tariffs on more Canadian goods beginning August 19.<\/p>\n Tariffs are taxes on imports, which companies can then pass along to consumers in the form of higher prices. The President maintains that the costs created by tariffs will cause manufacturing to relocate to the U.S., though there is little evidence of that in the economic data.<\/p>\n Mr. Trump\u2019s tariff threats and repeated suggestions that Canada should become the 51st U.S. state have angered many Canadians, prompting many Canadians to cancel trips to the United States.<\/p>\n U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer has argued that Canada and China are the only two countries to retaliate against Mr. Trump\u2019s tariffs, citing restrictions on U.S. alcohol sales in some Canadian provinces among his concerns. Canadian officials say their countermeasures were a response to existing U.S. tariffs.<\/p>\n Canada is one of the United States\u2019 largest trading partners, and the move threatens to push prices higher at a time when Americans are already frustrated with the high cost of living ahead of the November 3 midterm elections.<\/p>\n Mr. Carney said existing U.S. tariffs on aluminum have contributed to a 58% increase in aluminum prices in the United States.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s not a good situation for American companies,\u201d Mr. Carney said.<\/p>\n \t<\/p>\n \t<\/a> \t<\/a> \t<\/a> \t<\/a> \t<\/a> \t<\/a> <\/a> \t\t\t \t<\/a><\/p>\n \t
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