Canada has already begun talks with members of Donald Trump’s circle about avoiding new trade tariffs if he’s elected U.S. president this fall.

If it happens, the Canadians have warned of retaliation.

The public line from Canada for months has been that Trump’s proposed 10 per cent tariff should not apply on this continent because of the Canada-U.S.-Mexico trade deal.

But CBC News has learned that a deeper conversation is already underway: Trump’s allies aren’t promising any relief, and the sides are discussing what a negotiation might look like to maintain tariff-free trade.

The bottom line: within months, Canada could find itself in trade negotiations again with Trump if he wins this election.

  • Arkouda
    4·
    2 months ago

    Sounds like a good time to strengthen our trade with other countries not hell bent on total self destruction.

    • girlfreddyOP
      11·
      2 months ago

      Canada’s been doing that since May 2003 when we got hit with the BSE crisis (aka mad cow disease). Slowly but surely we’ve been making inroads with other nations for trade.

      • Arkouda
        11·
        1 month ago

        Our trade is and always has been primarily with the USA. Exports to the USA in 2022 accounted for 63.4% of Canada’s $1.5 Trillion in Global trade. We have plenty of other nations who want are goods but we are unable to do anything because of the ties made and cemented with the USA.

        Slowly but surely doesn’t work when every time negotiations come up we keep signing the same BS trade agreements.

        • girlfreddyOP
          11·
          1 month ago

          I never mentioned America. I said we’re making inroads with trading with other nations.

          • Arkouda
            11·
            1 month ago

            You posted an article about America and the potential for Trumps Presidency to hurt us in trade. You then had the audacity to claim that we are “slowly making inroads with other nations”. Now here you are being all like “i NeVr mntion 'mEriCa”.

            It is 2024, or 21 years after you claim we “started making inroads”, and you have no point to make about any of it.

            Maybe try to stay on topic and speak to my points instead of pretending like you didn’t literally bring up America by posting an article about America.