{"id":516684,"date":"2026-03-05T20:53:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-05T20:53:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/516684\/"},"modified":"2026-03-05T20:53:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T20:53:13","slug":"washington-must-avoid-new-tariffs-with-ottawa-canadian-and-u-s-mayors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/516684\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington must avoid new tariffs with Ottawa: Canadian and U.S. mayors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>Washington must avoid any new <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/tariffs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tariffs<\/a> with Ottawa during a review of its trilateral trade agreement, mayors of several Canadian and U.S. cities urge.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The Great Lakes and St. Lawrence Cities Initiative, a multinational coalition of municipal and Indigenous government executives representing communities in the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River region, said Thursday the time is now to rebuild trade relations and invest in local water infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>That region represents nearly 50 per cent of all Canada-U.S. bilateral trade and forms a $12.98-trillion economy, it said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe U.S.-Canada trade relationship has long been a pillar for the economic growth and prosperity of the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River Region,\u201d said Toronto Deputy Mayor Paul Ainslie in a news release.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1767930311_275_national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<p>The group is also urging Washington to preserve and strengthen the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) and avoid any new tariffs or tariff increases on Canada during its review this year.<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The asks come as Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc is set to head to Washington.<\/p>\n<p>LeBlanc will be stateside Friday ahead of the CUSMA review, which is set for this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Prime Minister Mark Carney said during a media availability in Australia Wednesday that Canada\u2019s free trade pact with the United States \u201ceffectively has been broken in the short-term by U.S. actions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11717940\/kristi-noem-reassigned-special-envoy-donald-trump\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/kristi-noem-reassigned.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tKristi Noem, who oversaw ICE operations, moved to new \u2018special envoy\u2019 role\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11715991\/united-airlines-can-kick-you-off-for-not-weaing-headphones-on-plane\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/GettyImages-818602796.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tUnited Airlines can kick you off a flight if you don\u2019t wear headphones\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Canada has been feeling the impact of sectoral U.S. tariffs on steel, aluminum, lumber and the auto sector.<\/p>\n<p>Carney said certain protocols under CUSMA weren\u2019t followed when U.S. President Donald Trump ordered tariffs on Canada.<\/p>\n<p>He added Canada is looking to this year\u2019s CUSMA review as a process to \u201cre-establish the trust\u201d individuals, businesses and investors need to guide trade between the nations.<\/p>\n<p>LeBlanc\u2019s trip also comes after a judge with the U.S. Court of International Trade ruled Wednesday that businesses are owed refunds for Trump\u2019s tariffs levied under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act \u2014 a set of duties ruled illegal by the Supreme Court last month.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 With files from The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Politics<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore 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