Collins asks White House to consider 'negative impact' of Canada trade war

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**Outlet:** The Hill  
**URL:** https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/6045413-susan-collins-canada-trade-war-negative-impact/  
**Headline (verbatim):** "Collins asks White House to consider 'negative impact' of Canada trade war"  
**Lead sentence (verbatim):** "Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) pushed the Trump administration to 'consider the negative impact' that engaging in a tariff war with Canada may have on American constituents, straying away from some of her GOP peers."  

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1. "Republican lawmakers were split Saturday after negotiations between Canada and the U.S. fell through, causing the White House to impose a 50 percent tax on over $20 billion worth Canadian goods."  
2. "Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney then retaliated, pledging to 'match those tariffs dollar for dollar.'"  
3. "The tit-for-tat attacks represent a trade war that Collins believes will 'lead to higher costs, risk, and uncertainty for Maine businesses.'"  
4. "He did confirm that the tariffs would apply to goods like steel, dairy, appliances, agricultural equipment, pulp and paper and electronics."  

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Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) pushed the Trump administration to "consider the negative impact" that engaging in a tariff war with Canada may have on American constituents, straying away from some of her GOP peers. Republican lawmakers were split Saturday after negotiations between Canada and the U.S. fell through, causing the White House to impose a 50 percent tax on over $20 billion worth Canadian goods. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney then retaliated, pledging to "match those tariffs dollar for dollar." Collins, a frequent critic of Trump administration policy, said in a Saturday statement posted to social platform X that she wants "both sides to return to the negotiating table." The Maine lawmaker said she expects the move will increase costs for her state's residents and urged the neighboring countries to reach a "fair agreement." "Ever since the tariffs were first announced, I have heard from many businesses, farmers, and lobstermen concerned about the cost of navigating the tariffs, the lack of domestic supply chains, and the likely imposition of retaliatory tariffs by Canada," she wrote. The tit-for-tat attacks represent a trade war that Collins believes will "lead to higher costs, risk, and uncertainty for Maine businesses." Canada's retaliatory tariffs are set to begin on Sept. 8, with Carney telling reporters at a Saturday press conference his government will release more details about its policies in the "coming days." He did confirm that the tariffs would apply to goods like steel, dairy, appliances, agricultural equipment, pulp and paper and electronics.

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