Mark Carney Says Canada ‘at War’ After Failed U.S. Trade Talks

Mark Carney says Canada can’t accept US trade deal that would weaken French language

Prime minister praised for rejecting US trade proposal as Trump shows little interest in retreating from spat Are you a Canadian boycotting US products? We’d like to hear from you Mark Carney said on Monday that while American negotiators saw the French language in Canada as an “irritant … in Quebec, these are rights,” days after receiving widespread praise from political leaders for rejecting a US trade proposal that many perceived as weakening the country’s Francophone culture. The prime minis

Aug 24, 2026

Navarro on Canada trade talks: ‘They will stab you in the back’

White House trade adviser Peter Navarro tore into Canada on Friday over the escalating trade war with the U.S., accusing the longtime ally of negotiating in bad faith after backing out of last week’s talks. “They will stab you in the back,” Navarro said during an appearance on NewsNation’s “The Hill,” while discussing the tit-for-tat…

Aug 28, 2026

Collins urges US to return to trade talks with Canada

Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) on Thursday again pressed for the U.S. to return to talks with Canada amid the escalating trade war between two countries. Collins, who has previously criticized the 50 percent tit-for-tat tariffs both countries imposed after negotiations failed last weekend, said in a post on the social platform X Thursday afternoon that…

Aug 27, 2026

Hillary Clinton says Republicans ‘secretly cheering’ for Mark Carney amid US-Canada trade negotiation

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton claimed that Republicans are “secretly cheering” for Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney amid tension between Washington and Ottawa over trade. “I can’t imagine that even in the Republican cloakroom in the Senate, there’s much enthusiasm for going into a trade war with Canada,” Clinton said Monday night during an…

Aug 25, 2026

Mark Carney's defiance of Trump has Canada cheering

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has turned his decision to hold firm against President Trump's tariff threats into a rallying point for Canadians as their trade clash escalates. Why it matters: The mild-mannered former Bank of Canada and Bank of England governor is holding firm against Trump despite the threat of further economic pain for Canadians. Context: Carney campaigned on standing up to Trump but has generally dealt with the unpredictable U.S. president with the measured temperament o

Aug 24, 2026

Canada’s opposition leader demands Carney reconvene Parliament after US trade talks collapse

Canadian opposition leader Pierre Poilievre pressed his country’s prime minister, Mark Carney, to reconvene the Canadian Parliament amid trade tensions with the U.S. “As Canadians are vulnerable to an escalating trade war with the United States, Parliament must be reconvened. Canadians deserve answers on how trade talks collapsed, what tariffs will cost their families, and…

Aug 24, 2026

Escalated U.S.-Canada trade talks threaten fallout

America's path to lower inflation depends in part on trade wars and actual wars becoming less economically disruptive. In recent days, both have taken turns that threaten the opposite. Why it matters: A period of relative calm on those fronts is now giving way to renewed tensions, with Canada, China and Iran all posing fresh economic risks. What's going on : The U.S.-Canada trade fight is shaping up to become an all-out trade war, threatening economic and political fallout on both sides of the b

Aug 24, 2026

Mark Carney Says Canada ‘at War’ After Failed U.S. Trade Talks

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told reporters on Saturday that his country was “at war” with the United States after trade talks collapsed. The post Mark Carney Says Canada ‘at War’ After Failed U.S. Trade Talks appeared first on Breitbart .

Aug 24, 2026