Carney bucks Trump as trade war escalates

**OUTLET 2: Politico**

**outlet name:** Politico
**URL:** https://www.politico.com/news/2026/08/22/carney-trump-trade-war-canada-01046743
**exact headline:** Carney bucks Trump as trade war escalates
**exact lead sentence:** Canadians rallied around the prime minister's vow to retaliate against new tariffs.

**exact quotable sentences:**
1. "Now, Canada will match the new round of American tariffs with dollar-for-dollar retaliation that targets U.S. steel, dairy, appliances, agricultural equipment, pulp and paper, and electronics."
2. "Those measures, to be revealed within days, will take effect on Sept. 8, Carney said Saturday."
3. "U.S. President Donald Trump rolled out a 50 percent tariff on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods last month, but included a 30-day grace period to allow for a negotiated resolution."

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Canadians rallied around the prime minister's vow to retaliate against new tariffs.

OTTAWA — As a Canada-U.S. trade war escalates, Prime Minister Mark Carney is not mincing words in the economic border battle now underway.

"It is evident it is a new attack by the Americans on Canada," Carney said Saturday on Parliament Hill, in French. "So, it is an attack in a war. It's not a good choice. We want a global accord between the two countries."

With Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc and chief negotiator Janice Charette at his side, Carney said Canadian negotiators "worked intensively and in good faith with the United States to negotiate a new comprehensive trade deal."

He added: "We cannot accept what they offered, and we will not give what they've asked."

Carney blamed the Americans for unveiling last-minute proposals that included an American exclusion for medium and heavy-duty trucks from tariff relief. He also cited other measures that were "uneconomic, unfair and undermined the net benefits to Canada, calling into question the reliability of any deal."

U.S. President Donald Trump rolled out a 50 percent tariff on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods last month, but included a 30-day grace period to allow for a negotiated resolution. The duties were originally set to go into effect at midnight on Aug. 19, but Trump paused the duties for three days, saying on social media late Tuesday night that the delay was "based on the fact that Canada and the U.S.A., subject to the finalization of documents, have a DEAL!"

In the final hour before the new tariffs kicked in, talks that for days seemed positive — even "very close" to a deal — disintegrated. Late Friday night, Carney called his negotiators home.

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer took a starkly different view of the breakdown, accusing Canada during a Friday night call with reporters of "new demands and walkbacks of other commitments."

Carney flatly denied that Canada made last-minute proposals that derailed the talks.

Now, Canada will match the new round of American tariffs with dollar-for-dollar retaliation that targets U.S. steel, dairy, appliances, agricultural equipment, pulp and paper, and electronics.

Those measures, to be revealed within days, will take effect on Sept. 8, Carney said Saturday.

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