35% Trump prices: “We are working for the revised deadline of August 1,” says Mark Carney

Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carney, said working to conclude an agreement with the United States before 1^is August, within hours of the announcement Thursday evening of the 35% prices imposed by Donald Trump from this date.

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“We will continue to do so while we work for the revised deadline of 1^is August. Furthermore, ”wrote Mr. For example, Carney in a publication on X.

The 35% trump prices: “we working Prime Minister also indicated that “the Canadian government relentlessly defends our workers and companies”, as part of commercial negotiations with our southern neighbors.

In a shared letter on his social network. Truth Social, Thursday evening, Donald Trump denounced the prices imposed by Canada in response to those of the United States.

“Instead of working with the United States, Canada retreated with its own customs rights. From 1^is August 2025. we will apply 35% customs duties in Canada to Canadian products exported to the United States, “he wrote in his letter addressed to Mark Carney.

“Hard to negotiate” with Canada

Canada was, with Mexico, the first target of customs duties: Trump accused his two neighbors not to fight illegal immigration or fentanyl traffic, powerful opioid responsible for a serious health crisis in the 35% trump prices: “we working United States. Canadian authorities point out that less than 1% of fentanyl in the United States come from Canada.

The American president imposed 25% on products imported from the two countries, before suspending a good part.

Since then. Ottawa and Washington have been trying to negotiate a trade agreement, but the discussions are tense between the two partners, who do not want to give the feeling of giving in negotiations considered as challenges of sovereignty.

Latest stage. Canada announced at the end of June to give up its tax on digital services, decided in 2024 and which was to come into force on July 1, after Mr. Trump broke the discussions, qualifying this tax as “direct and obvious” brought to the United States.

But these trade tensions have an impact on exchanges between the two countries. The United States’s share in Canadian exports increased in May to 68.3%, “one of 35% trump prices: “we working the lowest proportions ever recorded,” the Canadian authorities.

– With AFP