Canada Suspends U.S. Trade Talks Over Tariff Relief, Rejecting Aug. 21 Deal
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Updated · Fox News · Sep 4
Canada Suspends U.S. Trade Talks Over Tariff Relief, Rejecting Aug. 21 Deal
3 articles · Updated · Fox News · Sep 4
Summary
Aug. 21 marked the breakdown: Canada halted trade talks with the U.S. after refusing to finalize a near-complete agreement and later imposing retaliatory tariffs.
More tariff relief became the sticking point, according to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, who said Ottawa returned from a Trump-Carney handshake deal seeking concessions Washington could not grant.
Greer said the proposed package covered steel, aluminum, autos and lumber, and argued most Canadian goods already enter the U.S. duty-free despite Ottawa's claim it had been "attacked."
No formal negotiations have resumed since Aug. 21, Greer said, leaving the next move with Canada as the trade dispute broadens into a wider U.S.-Canada confrontation.