Donald Trump says Canada wants "the benefits of being a State, without being one" over trade talks

After US-Canada trade negotiations collapsed late Friday, President Donald Trump said Canada was seeking the upside of US statehood while avoiding statehood itself. The failed talks triggered new 50% US tariffs on roughly $20bn of Canadian imports, including wine, dairy, cement, clothing and hockey equipment. Prime Minister Mark Carney called the levies a miscalculation and said Canada would impose matching tariffs from September 8 on steel, dairy, appliances and electronics. Each government blamed the other for late demands or backtracking; Washington’s trade envoy said no further talks were planned. The rift strains a closely interconnected trading relationship and complicates the ongoing trilateral review of the USMCA pact with Mexico.