Mark Carney: ""subsidiary of the United States""

Negotiations to resolve the US-Canada trade dispute broke down, with Washington and Ottawa trading blame and the conflict escalating. President Donald Trump claims Canada has long taken advantage of American industry and markets. Prime Minister Mark Carney, by contrast, calls the standoff a fight over Canada's independence and economic future, and he rejected the US approach as one that presumed Canada should be a junior, dependent economic entity. The talks reportedly foundered on US demands to oversee Canada's trade agreements with other countries, Canadian resistance to aligning its tariffs with America's, and disagreements over cars, steel, aluminum, and lumber. The New York Times said Washington offered tariff relief, but Canada pushed for larger reductions. Ottawa announced worker and business support; Trump raised reviving the Keystone XL pipeline.