{"id":183261,"date":"2026-08-26T00:39:33","date_gmt":"2026-08-26T00:39:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/183261\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T00:39:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T00:39:33","slug":"albertas-smith-wants-ottawa-to-resume-negotiations-with-u-s-before-counter-tariffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/183261\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberta’s Smith wants Ottawa to resume negotiations with U.S. before counter-tariffs"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a> Alberta Premier Danielle Smith attends a meeting with fellow premiers at the Council of the Federation meeting in Charlottetown on Wednesday July 22, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Darren Calabrese – The Canadian Press <\/p>\n

EDMONTON \u2014 Alberta Premier Danielle Smith is calling on Ottawa to get back to the negotiating table with the United States before its counter-tariffs take effect in two weeks. <\/p>\n

Smith, in a statement posted online Tuesday, said tariffs and counter-tariffs only risk further escalating the trade war between Canada and its southern neighbour. <\/p>\n

The federal government announced Tuesday its plan to implement retaliatory tariffs starting Sept. 8 on a range of U.S. exports, ranging from steel and aluminum to consumer items, including smartphones and golf clubs. <\/p>\n

It also announced relief and support measures for businesses to withstand the trade fight. <\/p>\n

Smith said in her statement that she appreciates Ottawa’s plan to support businesses and that her government is working to see if provincial relief is also necessary. <\/p>\n

“Alberta’s government remains concerned that tariffs and counter-tariffs increase costs, disrupt supply chains, put pressure on businesses and workers, and ultimately risk escalation to even higher and broader tariffs that will impact even more Canadians,” she said. <\/p>\n

“There is still time before these counter-tariffs take effect on Sept. 8, and I am urging the federal government to use that time to get back to the negotiating table with the United States.” <\/p>\n

Smith has been a holdout among provincial and territorial leaders when it comes to putting their support behind Prime Minister Mark Carney’s plan for counter-tariffs. <\/p>\n

The U.S. tariffs kicked in over the weekend, after Carney called off talks while citing unacceptable terms being sought by U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration. <\/p>\n

The premier said Tuesday that her focus is on protecting jobs and businesses in Alberta. <\/p>\n

The province wasn’t immediately able to respond to questions about what impact Ottawa’s retaliatory tariffs could have on Alberta’s economy. <\/p>\n

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe said earlier Tuesday that the counter-tariffs will cover 11.3 per cent of his province’s annual imports from south of the border, totalling $1.5 billion worth of goods. <\/p>\n

Moe said Ottawa was making the right decision, despite the impact it’s expected to have on Saskatchewan. <\/p>\n

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 25, 2026. <\/p>\n

Jack Farrell, The Canadian Press <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Alberta Premier Danielle Smith attends a meeting with fellow premiers at the Council of the Federation meeting in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":183262,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[2862,3178,61,8509,989],"class_list":["post-183261","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-alberta-premier","tag-danielle-smith","tag-ottawa","tag-retaliatory-tariffs","tag-the-canadian-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183261","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=183261"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183261\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183262"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183261"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183261"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183261"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}