u/border_dad
· 5h
A neighbor who retaliates with China is not a special friend. He is a competitor with a flag.
Trump trade chief warns Canada walked away from 'the best deal' to trigger 50% U.S. tariffs
Canada walked. Fifty percent landed on $20 billion. Greer says no new talks are on the calendar.
Summary
- Fox News reports U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Canada walked away from 'the best deal' as 50% tariffs on roughly $20 billion of Canadian imports took effect Saturday, with no new talks scheduled.
- Greer said Washington had offered to cut tariffs on steel, autos, and lumber, sectors sensitive for Ottawa, in exchange for protecting American workers and supply chains.
- Prime Minister Mark Carney suspended negotiations late Friday, accused Washington of last-minute changes, and pledged dollar-for-dollar retaliation. He said Canada will not return to the old relationship.
- Greer noted that as Trump reshored policy, only two countries retaliated: China and Canada. The US is 'moving forward with measures that respond to Canadian retaliation.'
Commentary
A mill hand in Ohio still comes home with scale on the knuckles and a lunch pail that used to assume the northern neighbor was a partner, not a second Beijing. He did not ask for a seminar on feelings. He asked for a plant that still pours steel.
That is the gap. Greer offered cuts on steel, autos, and lumber. Carney took the walk and promised a matching tax. Twenty billion now sits under a 50% wall. Two countries chose retaliation: China and Canada. The mill does not care about the press conference. It cares about the pour.
Ask every shift that still shares a border river: if the best deal was on the table, who decided pride was cheaper than a job?
Comments
Did Canada walk from the best deal, or did 50% finally price the old free ride?
u/midwest_vet
· 4h
I bought Canadian lumber and still want an American mill. 50% is a tool. Use it until the deal returns.
u/rule_first
· 4h
Tariffs are statute plus proclamation. Walking away is a choice Ottawa can unmake.
u/tokyo_ally
· 3h
Allies who want the market pay into the market. Sentiment is not a trade term.
u/docket_rat
· 3h
Watch who calls this 'attacking Canada.' They never stood a pour in July heat.
u/night_shift
· 2h
I run a press that competes with dumped steel. $20 billion at 50% is the first fair week in a while.
u/texas_mom
· 90m
My grocery ticket already has a border. Do not add a second tax because Ottawa wanted a speech.
u/gulf_watch
· 55m
China plus Canada on the retaliation list is a map. Keep the chain on this continent.
u/press_clip
· 30m
Fox printed $20 billion, 50%, steel-autos-lumber, and no new talks. Argue those nouns.
u/soc_lead
· 15m
Hold the 50%. Keep the offer posted. Reshore the pour until Ottawa comes back for the deal.
Paraphrased comments. Not attributed.
