{"id":696259,"date":"2026-05-27T03:12:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T03:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/696259\/"},"modified":"2026-05-27T03:12:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-27T03:12:14","slug":"canada-yet-to-accept-trumps-tariffs-to-stay-despite-cusma-u-s-trade-rep-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/696259\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada yet to accept Trump\u2019s tariffs to stay despite CUSMA: U.S. trade rep &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy Kelly Geraldine Malone<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted May 26, 2026 7:08 pm\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t1 min read\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s trade czar says there will be <a href=\"http:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/donald-trump-tariffs\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tariffs<\/a> in place on Mexico and Canada even though the countries are part of <a href=\"http:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/cusma\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">a continental trade pact.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Speaking at the Council on Foreign Relations today, United States Trade Representative <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/jamieson-greer\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jamieson Greer<\/a> was asked about the state of negotiations with Ottawa around the Canada-U.S.-Mexico-Agreement on trade, known as CUSMA.<\/p>\n<p>The Trump administration has begun official negotiations with Mexico but they haven\u2019t started with Canada.<\/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\/05\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won't miss a trending story.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet breaking National news<\/p>\n<p>Get breaking Canada news delivered to your inbox as it happens so you won&#8217;t miss a trending story.<\/p>\n<p>Greer says most nations have begrudgingly accepted some level of tariffs but Canada\u2019s approach has been different.<\/p>\n<p>Greer says Canada is in a \u201cdifferent spot\u201d when it comes to accepting Trump\u2019s tariffs and it\u2019s \u201chard to see where that ends.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Greer says some areas of negotiations with Canada will be challenging \u2014 pointing to the automobile sector \u2014 but others will not be as hard.<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Economy<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click 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