Why Canada Won't Back Down to Trump

加拿大为何不会向特朗普低头

The Journal.

2026-08-27

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The U.S. and Canada are once again embroiled in a fight over tariffs. During negotiations last week, President Trump threatened big hikes. Canada retaliated with their own tariffs. WSJ’s Gavin Bade explains how trade negotiations between two countries broke down and what could come next. Ryan Knutson hosts. Further Listening: - Tariffs Are Back. What’s Changed? - Canada’s New Leader Is Ready To Take on Trump Sign up for WSJ’s free What’s News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • The U.S. And Canada are fighting again.

  • Dropping the gloves to fight an all-out trade war.

  • President Trump slapping 50% tariffs on 20...

  • Canada imposed retaliatory tariffs against the United States

  • today as the two neighbors slide toward an all-out trade war.

  • Escalating trade war with Canada has ruptured a once close and durable alliance.

  • Last month, the Trump administration threatened Canada with a 50% tariff on certain Canadian goods.

  • And last weekend, those tariffs went into effect.

  • So Trump kind of reignited this trade conflict on his own accord.

  • Then Canada hit back.

  • I think the Canada tariffs are really interesting because, as we'll get into, Canada is really the only U.S.

  • Ally to retaliate to Trump's tariffs with tariffs of their own.

  • That's our colleague Gavin Bade.

  • He covers trade policy.

  • And that's why you see us periodically get into one of these tit-for-tat tariff encounters

  • or conflicts with, you know, our friends up in Ottawa,

  • because they actually stand up to Trump, whereas a lot of other people have not.

  • America is trying to break us so they can own us.

  • And I promise that that will never, ever happen.

  • Yeah, how would you characterize this moment that the U.S.