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This combination of images shows Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney on June 16, 2025, in Kananaskis, Canada, left, and President Donald Trump on Oct. 7, 2025, in Washington.(AP Photo\/Mark Schiefelbein, left, Jacquelyn Martin)<\/p>\nTORONTO (AP) \u2014 Canada will announce retaliatory tariffs against the United States on Tuesday, an official familiar with the plans told The Associated Press, escalating a trade fight that has sharply worsened since negotiations with the Trump administration collapsed.<\/p>\n
The official spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the plans publicly.<\/p>\n
Prime Minister Mark Carney said Monday that Canada may need to move away from matching U.S. tariffs dollar for dollar and instead use more targeted retaliation aimed at protecting Canadian workers and businesses.<\/p>\n
This combination of images shows Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney on June 16, 2025, in Kananaskis, Canada, left, and President Donald Trump on Oct. 7, 2025, in Washington.(AP Photo\/Mark Schiefelbein, left, Jacquelyn Martin)<\/p>\n
President Donald Trump escalated the dispute again Monday, telling Canadian leaders to \u201cfall in line\u201d or face consequences \u201cfar WORSE\u201d than tariffs already imposed and threatening new 50% tariffs<\/a> on Canadian vehicles, auto parts and steel.<\/p>\n Carney accused Washington of trying to subordinate Canada and said U.S. trade demands had confirmed Canada\u2019s fears that the United States was seeking to dismantle major Canadian industries.<\/p>\n \u201cAn attitude at the negotiation table that Canada is a subsidiary of the United States\u201d is \u201cnot something we\u2019re going to accept,\u201d Carney said.<\/p>\n Carney was even more blunt in French.<\/p>\n \u201cWe learned during the negotiations that the Americans want to destroy our major industries, including autos, steel and aluminum,\u201d Carney said. \u201cThat was one of the main reasons we said no. It was a bad deal.\u201d<\/p>\n The fiery words from both sides show how U.S.-Canada relations have deteriorated since Carney<\/a> walked away from trade negotiations<\/a> with the Trump administration late Friday, triggering the president\u2019s threatened 50% tariffs the next day on about $20 billion worth of Canadian goods.<\/p>\n Carney cast doubt on the U.S.\u2019s reliability as a partner, saying Canada was finding reliable partners \u201ceverywhere in the world, except in the United States. Except in the United States. And Russia.\u201d<\/p>\n Trump unleashes personal attacks on Canadian leaders<\/p>\n On Monday, Trump came back with further tariffs, warning that he would impose them on Canada\u2019s auto industry beginning next year.<\/p>\n \u201cCanada has been ripping off the United States of America for years,\u201d Trump wrote on social media, criticizing what he called the country\u2019s \u201cridiculously high tariffs\u201d on American farmers.<\/p>\n Carney said Washington\u2019s auto-sector proposals would gradually have the effect of dismantling Canadian production.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is the most successful automotive partnership in history,\u201d Carney said, referring to the deeply integrated Canada-U.S. industry.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Ontario Premier Doug Ford unleashed his own tirade. In an interview with The Associated Press, he said Trump had underestimated Canadians\u2019 willingness to endure economic pain rather than give in to U.S. pressure.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re all in,\u201d Ford said. \u201cUp here, we\u2019re at a fever pitch; everyone\u2019s in for an economic war. They know they\u2019re going to have to sacrifice.\u201d<\/p>\n Trump responded in a social media post by attacking Ford personally, calling him \u201cthe less charismatic, intelligent, and overall unimpressive brother of the late, great, Rob Ford,\u201d and once again referring to Canada\u2019s prime minister as \u201cGovernor Carney.\u201d<\/p>\n Ford dismissed the insults: \u201cIf you think an insult from him hurts me? Well, bring it on, buddy, I\u2019m ready.\u201d<\/p>\n Ford is a Progressive Conservative whose party differs from that of Carney, a Liberal, but the two underscore broad political unity in Canada over the trade fight with Trump.<\/p>\n Ford threatens critical minerals and electricity<\/p>\n Ford said \u201ceverything is on the table\u201d if the dispute worsens, including cutting off electricity and critical minerals from Ontario.<\/p>\n Critical minerals are increasingly important to U.S. national security and manufacturing. The Pentagon has sought more secure supplies of minerals used in military aircraft, missiles, munitions and electronics as Washington tries to reduce reliance on China, which dominates the mining or processing of several strategically important minerals.<\/p>\n Ford said Canada should also consider increasingly severe retaliation if Trump continues targeting Canadian industries, including oil and potash, while Ontario could raise electricity prices or stop sending power south.<\/p>\n \u201cWe power 1.5 million homes and businesses,\u201d Ford said. \u201cEverything\u2019s on the table. I\u2019ll do whatever it takes.\u201d<\/p>\n Ford has used electricity as leverage before. During an earlier phase of the dispute, Ontario imposed a 25% surcharge<\/a> on electricity exported to Michigan, Minnesota and New York. Trump responded by threatening to double tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum before both sides backed away<\/a>.<\/p>\n Auto industry becomes a central battleground<\/p>\n Ford accused Trump of not simply seeking a better trade deal but aiming to hollow out Canadian industries and move production south.<\/p>\n Ford said Trump wants to make Canada a vassal state.<\/p>\n \u201cHe wants to bleed out every single sector and bring them down to the U.S.,\u201d Ford said.<\/p>\n The auto sector is especially important to Ontario, the center of Canada\u2019s vehicle manufacturing industry. Plants and suppliers in Ontario are tightly integrated with factories in Michigan and other U.S. states, with parts routinely crossing the border multiple times during production.<\/p>\n Automakers including Ford, General Motors and Stellantis operate major assembly plants in Ontario, and the wider supply chain supports tens of thousands of jobs. Trump\u2019s new threat of a 50% tariff on Canadian vehicles and parts puts that sector directly at the center of the escalating dispute.<\/p>\n U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Monday that \u201cthe only reason Canada has auto production in the first place\u201d was because of the 1960s Auto Pact, under which Canada used access to its market to encourage vehicle production north of the border.<\/p>\n Ford says he opposed preliminary deal<\/p>\n Ford also disclosed that he had opposed the preliminary agreement Carney was considering before Canada walked away from negotiations, and that he was unwilling to restore American liquor to Ontario store shelves as part of an agreement.<\/p>\n \u201cI wasn\u2019t going to put the booze back on the shelves,\u201d Ford said. \u201cI was ready to go out there and call a press conference \u2026 and say I\u2019m not buckling over.\u201d<\/p>\n Ford said he understood Washington had sought language late in the negotiations that would have restricted Canada\u2019s ability to negotiate trade agreements with other countries without U.S. approval. Carney has called that demand unacceptable and a question of Canadian sovereignty.<\/p>\n Carney said the dispute also exposed a deeper divide over language and culture, saying protections for French and Canadian culture that Washington views as trade irritants are considered fundamental rights in Canada.<\/p>\n \u201cWho does he think he is?\u201d Ford said of Trump. \u201cYou gotta be kidding.\u201d<\/p>\n ___<\/p>\n Associated Press writer Seung Min Kim contributed from Washington.<\/p>\n Copyright 2026 The Associated Press. 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