Negotiations with Trump: as the deadline approach, the suspense remains whole

Negotiations with the United States may continue beyond the deadline on Friday, according to Mark Carney. Meanwhile, Donald Trump insists that the date is “firm” and that there will be no extension.

“The negotiations are constructive, they are complex, they continue. Consequently, There is a possibility that negotiations do not do on August 1, “said Prime Minister on Wednesday afternoon.

For his part, Donald Trump was inflexible.

“The deadline for August 1 is the deadline for August 1 – it is firm and will not be extended. Similarly, A big day for America !!! Therefore, ” He wrote on his social network Truth early Wednesday.

D’Ottawa in Washington

After saying Monday that negotiations with the United States had reached an “intensive phase”. Mark Carney dispatched a delegation to Washington to continue the discussions whose details are jealously negotiations trump: deadline approach, suspense new kept.

The Minister of Commerce Canada-American. Dominic Leblanc, the ambassador Kirsten Hillman and even the chief of staff of the Prime Minister, Marc-André Blanchard, are part of the lot.

Carney said on Monday that he saw “an landing area” allowing the two countries to arrive at a timely agreement. but refused to go into details.

For Canada. a scenario without understanding could lead to new 35% rates on exports that do not fit with the Canada-US-Mexico agreement, representing around 10% of our exports.

The upheaval continues

Donald Trump continued his transformation project on the world economic system on Wednesday with a cookie cutter. decrees.

He adopted an imposing decree of customs duties of 50% on copper in force on Friday. dropping copper prices on the metal stock exchange in New York.

However. contrary to what was planned, the United States has limited the surcharge to goods made from copper, negotiations trump: deadline approach, suspense new rather than on raw material, limiting damage to the Canadian mining industry.

Donald Trump has also impressed additional rates of 40% on Brazil. this South American economy giant, the current government, according to him, leads a “witch hunt” against the former right-wing president Jair Bolsonaro.

This would bring to 50% the customs duties imposed in Brazil on Friday. In interview with the New York TimesPresident Lula Da Silva reported that there was no “reason to be afraid”.

«[…] At no time will Brazil negotiate as if it were a small country in front of a large country. Brazil will negotiate as a sovereign country, “said leftist president.

In other news. he threatened India with 25% customs tariffs on all exports and promised to cancel the exemption from prices which aimed at imports of products of less than US $ 800 transmitted outside the postal system.