After trade deal collapse, what now?
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After trade deal collapse, what now?

B2Upper-intermediateAugust 22, 202627 min
  • Interview
  • Business & money
  • About Canada

At the last minute, trade negotiations between Canada and the U.S. have fallen apart. Now, with 50 per cent tariffs on some Canadian exports, Prime Minister Carney says we have no choice but to fight back. Former NAFTA negotiator Barry Appleton explains how that fight could go, and how things fell apart in the first place. And we look at what a continuing trade war could mean for small businesses — and prices.

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Trade negotiations, how to put this, they're not going awesome. They're actually not going anywhere. The US played hardball and Canada walked away from the table. As for where this leaves a trade deal.

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So our problem right now is this. They think they've got us. They want us to pay. It makes sense to pay for part of it because we need it.

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But are you going to pay with your soul? Are you going to pay with a sense of the nation where it can no longer do its own thing? For Canada, the answer to that question turned out to be no. So where do we go from here?

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