Donald Trump says American farmers have faced "massive amounts of Tariffs" for years

After U.S.-Canada trade negotiations broke down late Friday, President Donald Trump imposed new 50% tariffs on an array of Canadian goods. In his first public remarks since the talks collapsed, Trump stated that American farmers have been burdened by heavy import duties for years. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney rejected the new levies as a mistake designed to weaken Canada, announced counter-tariffs of equal scale effective September 8, and characterized the dispute as a trade war. The failure has left a deeply connected commercial relationship in turmoil, and no new talks are scheduled. The breakdown also coincides with a mandatory review of the USMCA, a pact covering about $1.6 trillion in annual trilateral trade.