Does President Donald Trump even know how trade talks with Canada fell apart?
After negotiations with Canada imploded last week, both sides started pointing fingers. U.S. officials, like JD Vance, blamed Canada for introducing new asks late in the talks, while Canadian officials claimed that it was the U.S. who brought unreasonable 11th hour demands to the table.
In a phone call, CNN’s Jim Sciutto asked Trump whether the U.S. had been the ones to make late-stage demands. The president seemed to have no recollection of these events.
“That sounds like me,” he said, adding “They have to pay a fair amount. And if they don’t pay a fair amount, we won’t make a deal. That’s fine.”
Right before the deadline, American negotiators reportedly walked back their promise to drop tariffs on Canadian automobiles from 25 to 15 percent, revealing that they planned to exclude medium and heavy-duty trucks. They also tried to restrict Canada’s ability to strike trade deals with other countries. It was also reported that one reason Canadian negotiators walked away was that the U.S. made what were, in their view, unreasonable demands restricting French-language product documentation.
“Our culture, our language, is central to our identity, and it is important to exclude that from the negotiating table,” Canadian Premier Christine Fréchette said, “Even though we are threatened with different tariffs, it won’t change. We will stay the way we are.”
Trump has since threatened to double tariffs to 50 percent on roughly $28 billion worth of products starting on January 1. In response, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, announced a slate of retaliatory tariffs on about 700 products up to 50 percent that will go into effect on September 8.
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