US President Donald Trump stated on Sunday that Canada seeks the “benefits of being a state without being one.” His comments came a day after trade negotiations between the United States and Canada ended without an agreement. The breakdown in talks highlights ongoing tensions between the two neighboring countries regarding trade policies.
“You’re at war when you get attacked. The remarks came hours after Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada will impose tariffs on some US goods in retaliation for 50% levies ordered by Trump on Canadian products.
In his first comments since a breakdown in trade negotiations, he also said the American farmers had been charged “massive amounts of tariffs” for years. “Canada wants the benefits of being a State, without being one,” Trump, who has repeatedly suggested Canada should be the 51st US state, said in a post on Truth Social. We got attacked,” the banker-turned-politician said when asked a question about whether Canada was engaged in a trade war. He said the Trump administration’s last-minute demands halted progress. “In recent days, the US proposed new terms that were uneconomic, unfair, and undermined the net benefits to Canada, calling into question the reliability of any deal,” Carney said, adding these demands included curtailing Canada’s ability to forge new trade deals. Both countries had the outline of a deal, which would have lowered US sectoral tariffs on autos, steel, aluminium and lumber, but they remained at odds over the treatment of larger vehicles, the people said.
