‘Who knows where this is going to end?’: road ahead for Canada-U.S. trade talks hazy after collapse, say trade analysts

'This will be the moment when North American disintegration really was confirmed on some level,' says consultant Eric Miller after Canada walks away from the negotiating table following what Prime Minister Mark Carney called 'last-minute changes in the U.S.-proposed terms' and new tariffs.
Mark Carney
Prime Minister Mark Carney says a 'focused response' of matching, dollar-for-dollar counter-tariffs will come into effect after labour Day, on Sept. 8.

With Prime Minister Mark Carney having pulled his surrogates from the negotiating table in Washington, D.C., late on Aug. 21 after trade talks with the United States collapsed, trade analysts say the Trump administration forced Canada into an untenable position with no clear...

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