Lutnick targets Ontario in ‘51st state’ remarks, says province underperforms
Lutnick said the Liberal Party is using a U.S. dispute for leverage and called Canada the OECD’s worst-performing nation.
- U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick accused the Canadian Liberal Party on Wednesday of using the trade dispute for political leverage, claiming officials are intentionally sabotaging the agreement for electoral gain.
- Following weeks of negotiations that initially yielded an agreement, trade talks collapsed in recent weeks after Donald Trump introduced late-stage framework changes, prompting roughly $20 billion in retaliatory tariffs on Canadian goods.
- Lutnick alleged Canadian officials are "trying to blow up" the deal, citing requests for heavy truck provisions made Friday at 4 p.m., hours before signing. He dismissed concerns over French-language protections as "nonsense."
- Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney responded Tuesday, stating the United States must stop "throwing shade" and start being serious. Carney described Trump's framework changes as "unfair" and "uneconomic" for Canada.
- Brookings Institute fellow Bill Galston suggests the heightened rhetoric reflects domestic political pressures, noting Trump appears "trying things almost randomly" to resonate ahead of U.S. midterms in November.
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Prime Minister Mark Carney rejects Trump's version of the administration that Canada would have ended trade negotiations with the United States to score points on the political scene. US Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick accused him last week of creating this all-out controversy to prevent the Parti Québécois from winning the provincial election.
Mark Carney Hits Howard Lutnick Over Trade
"Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Thursday returned fire after Trump administration Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick claimed Ottawa tanked trade talks with the U.S. for political purposes," CNBC reports.Said Carney: "I don’t think, with all respect, appointed, unelected Cabinet members in t
Lutnick says Canadian Liberals blew up trade deal for political gain
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick accused Canada’s Liberal government of deliberately derailing the trade agreement with the Trump administration for political gain. “This is the Canadian Liberal Party using their economy to get themselves elected, even if they’re selling their own citizens down the river. It’s sad and disappointing,” Lutnick told Bloomberg, speaking of the failed […]
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick Quotes Canadian Officials Who Said They Purposefully Fractured the Trade Deal for Domestic Political Value
A rather remarkable statement from Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick puts the Canadian government on notice. If Lutnick is accurately outlining what took place, there’s no way Trump is going to give them a trade deal. When he is questioned about the U.S-Canada trade agreement collapse, Secretary Lutnick quotes the Canadian govt officials. “I said to […]
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