Trade talks between the United States and Canada collapsed on Friday, triggering a new set of 50% tariffs imposed by the Trump administration on roughly $20 billion in Canadian exports.
Negotiators from both countries had worked through the week, at times signaling that a deal was near. President Donald Trump had postponed the original Wednesday deadline just hours before it took effect, citing a soon-to-be finalized agreement. Dominic LeBlanc, Canada's trade minister for the U.S., told reporters Thursday that a deal was "very close." By Friday, both sides blamed each other as the tariffs went into effect Saturday morning.
The tariffs affect a range of Canadian goods, including:
- Wine
- Furniture
- Dairy products
- Cement
- Clothing
- Fishing rods
- Hockey equipment
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said in a statement that despite progress toward a deal, "that progress has not been enough to meet our objectives for Canadians," adding that "last-minute changes in the U.S. proposed terms were unfair, uneconomic, and called into question the reliability of any deal." Carney said Canada would retaliate against the new tariffs "dollar for dollar."



