Carney Says He'll Wait for "Another Administration." America Shouldn't Blink.
Canada walked away from the table, matched our tariffs dollar for dollar, and now openly talks about waiting out President Trump. Eight days before the midterms, that is the tell.
By Clara Hughes
President Trump stood a few miles from the Canadian border in Port Huron, Michigan, this weekend and said what many Americans have long suspected: Canada "has been ripping off" the United States on trade. "I had to do it," he told the crowd, RTÉ reported. "We'll have that settled pretty soon. They're willing to give us anything at this moment." Ottawa's public posture says something different. And that difference is the whole story of this trade fight. Who left the table Start with the facts. Talks between Washington and Ottawa collapsed in August, and there have been no negotiations since, The Globe and Mail reported. Reuters, via EconoTimes, reported that it was Canada that ended negotiations in late August, citing what it called unreasonable U.S.