23 August 2026
BBC: Canada says it will match US tariffs ‘dollar for dollar’ as trade talks break down

BBC reports: A fresh wave of US tariffs on a wide array of Canadian goods came into effect on Saturday after a last-minute breakdown in trade talks. Announcing the suspension of negotiations shortly before the Friday night deadline, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said he would impose reciprocal tariffs on US goods “dollar for dollar”. Carney said “last-minute changes in the US proposed terms were unfair, uneconomic, and called into question the reliability ... The post BBC: Canada says it will match US tariffs ‘dollar for dollar’ as trade talks break down appeared first on The Loadstar .
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