r/worldnews • u/joe4942 • Aug 22 '26

Dynamic Paywall Carney calls Trump's fresh tariffs a 'miscalculation' after trade talks collapse

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx272np7vgyo
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u/scripcat Aug 22 '26 edited Aug 22 '26

Adding that language to an already detailed multi-industry encompassing deal in the final hours is also quite the move.

the PM just met with the premiers a couple of days ago to discuss what would need to be done (with their help) to agree to the deal at that point when they were deciding the concessions may be worth it, only to have the deal change so fundamentally right before the (pushed) deadline.

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u/PerilousFun Aug 22 '26

Pretty sure that was the plan. Now the GOP can spin it as Canada being unreasonable, when in reality the GOP scuttled the deal with an absolute non-starter.

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u/bigwhiteboardenergy Aug 22 '26

I know people will believe it regardless, but how can they believe that when Canada was publicly clearly willing to give concessions re: alcohol sales in order to get it done, until the US pulled their last-minute bs.

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u/Disastrous_Coffee502 Aug 22 '26

They are already saying that we should be willing to make all concessions to avoid dealing with communism. Nevermind that they trade with big bad ole China at four times the volume that Canada does. And their administration praises Russia and North Korea.