U.S. set to impose 50% tariffs on Canada after failed talks
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The shocking collapse of U.S.-Canada trade talks is the latest sign that President Donald Trump's bulldozer approach to remaking the nation's trade relationships may be reaching its limits. The president tried in recent days to use an untested legal power to force Canada to swallow trade concessions.
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Sean Duffy, the reality-TV persona turned Trump cabinet member, raged against Canada, a strategic U.S. ally, and seemed to imply that the country should be scared of widespread devastation if it does not cave to President Donald Trump’s trade demands.
The two countries had discussed a deal that would lower tariffs on some Canadian steel and aluminum to 25%, cut duties on Canadian-made vehicles to 15%, and eliminate the 10% lumber tariff. However, the U.S. said negotiations ended when Canada sought additional concessions, without specifying what they were.
The U.S. and Canada have wrangled for decades over trade, and somehow, they still managed to remain friends, allies and trading partners.
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