Trump says US and Canada have a trade deal, but key terms remain unclear
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Canada and the United States moved closer Wednesday to finalizing a trade agreement that would avert threatened 50% U.S. tariffs, with a senior Canadian official calling the emerging terms “a very good deal for Canada” while cautioning that negotiations were not complete.
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The United States and Canada have wrangled for decades over trade, poking each other interminably over sore spots like Canadian softwood lumber imports and U.S. access to Canada’s protected dairy market.
Canada has won a three-day reprieve from President Donald Trump’s threatened 50% tariffs, but a final trade deal remains hung up on Canadian auto exports, leaving Washington and Ottawa until Friday to settle one of their biggest remaining disputes, Reuters reported on Wednesday.
President Trump on Wednesday touted a last-minute breakthrough in trade talks with Canada before new 50 percent tariffs were set to take effect this week, claiming there are “no longer any tariffs” for U.S. exports but noting the deal hasn't been inked.
Canada and the United States moved closer Wednesday to finalizing a trade agreement that would avert threatened 50% U.S. tariffs, with a senior Canadian official calling the emerging terms “a very good deal for Canada” while cautioning that negotiations were not complete.
WASHINGTON — Canada has dodged President Donald Trump’s threat of 50% tariffs — at least for now. Trump went on social media late Tuesday to say he was pausing for three days the taxes on...
