As Trump threatens a fresh batch of retaliatory tariffs, should Canada hit back?

‘The Carney government has so far had a broad strategy ... of non-retaliation,' says Diamond Isinger, former Trudeau-era adviser on Canada-U.S. relations, but ‘we haven't, unfortunately, seen results yielded from negotiation.’
On July 20, United States President Donald Trump announced his administration would be imposing tariffs of 50 per cent on a wide range of Canadian exports by Aug. 19, in response to Canada’s 'discriminatory treatment' of American cars, dairy, and alcohol.

Amid the latest threat of steep tariffs on a wide swathe of Canadian goods, some observers say cool-headed Prime Minister Mark Carney might have to abandon his non-retaliatory approach and consider hitting the United States back with another round of counter-tariffs.

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