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Carney calls Trump’s fresh tariffs a ‘miscalculation’ after trade talks collapse

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Carney calls Trump’s fresh tariffs a ‘miscalculation’ after trade talks collapse

Prime Minister Mark Carney has said a fresh wave of US tariffs on Canada is a "miscalculation" designed to "hurt and divide us", after trade talks collapsed late on Friday.

Now that talks have broken down, Canada has been hit with new 50% US tariffs on a range of Canadian goods, in addition to existing US tariffs on Canadian steel, aluminium, automobiles and lumber.

On Saturday, US trade representative Jamieson Greer told Fox News there were no plans to resume talks.

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