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Trump adviser tells Canadian lobbyists \u2018Get the hell out\u2019PM Carney laughs off Navarro\u2019s commentsU.S. ban on US$1B of Canadian imports in effectTrump expects Canada to ask for trade dealTrump adviser to Canadian lobbyists: \u2018Get the hell out\u2019<\/p>\n
A longtime Trump adviser sent a stern message to Canadians at a conference in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
While discussing U.S. national security and U.S. trade, White House trade adviser Peter Navarro was asked about Canada\u2019s role on the topic.<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you really want to spend any time on Canada?\u201d Navarro said. \u201cAny Canadians here? Like, please, if you\u2019re on K Street, get the hell out of the country.\u201d<\/p>\n
Navarro, one of Trump\u2019s most loyal officials during both his presidential terms, said Canada has had an outsized influence on the U.S. as they prepare for the midterms in November.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe problem you have is you lobby this country and you\u2019ve been successful in the past and you think you can keep doing that,\u201d Navarro said.<\/p>\n
\u201cMemo to Canada: you cannot do that. OK? That game is up. And if you interfere in our elections in Maine or Michigan you will pay even more dearly.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hunter Crowther,<\/a> CTVNews.ca, lead evening producer<\/p>\n ‘Get the hell out of our country’: Trump trade adviser takes aim at Canadian lobbyists White House trade adviser Peter Navarro says Canadian lobbyists can’t be as successful in the U.S. as they were in the past, saying ‘that game is up.’ <\/p>\n Carney laughs when asked to comment on Trump, Navarro <\/p>\n Carney laughed out loud when asked by a reporter about both Trump\u2019s comments made on Monday that he thinks Canada will apologize to the U.S. and Tuesday\u2019s warnings from Navarro. <\/p>\n Asked about the remarks at an event in B.C., Carney shrugged and said: \u201cI take note of both comments, how\u2019s that?\u201d He then added: \u201cNo response to either.\u201d<\/p>\n The prime minister instead offered broad comments on the trade relationship with the U.S., saying Canada stands ready to negotiate \u201cin good faith,\u201d a mutually-advantageous trade arrangement \u201cthat respects both our countries\u2019 sovereignty.\u201d <\/p>\n Later in the press conference, Carney was asked whether he had ruled out any further escalation of the trade war ahead of the U.S. midterm elections, after Navarro warned Canada not to do so and suggested there would be consequences. <\/p>\n The prime minister said he would \u201cnever rule anything out.\u201d\u201cI\u2019ll stand by my earlier comments and the position of the government, which is: look, the reality is that the cost of living is very high in in the United States, and there\u2019s things that Canada can do to help lower that cost of living.\u201d<\/p>\n Carney went on to say that Canada\u2019s timing of any decision \u201cisn\u2019t dictated by any specific aspect of the U.S. calendar.\u201d<\/p>\n Rachel Aiello,<\/a> CTVNews, national correspondent<\/p>\n \u2018No response\u2019: PM Carney says he\u2019ll \u2019take note\u2019 of Trump, Navarro\u2019s jabs on trade Prime Minister Carney chose not to engage when asked how he would respond to U.S. President Trump\u2019s claim Canada will back down on tariffs in three weeks. <\/p>\n PM Carney has no plans to apply further trade pressure<\/p>\n Carney said he has no plans to apply new trade pressure on the U.S. as Americans prepare for crucial midterm elections that could end Republican control of Congress.<\/p>\n Speaking with reporters at a news conference in Vancouver on Tuesday, Carney said Canada has no intention of escalating the trade war, although he noted he never rules anything out.<\/p>\n \u201cOur timing isn\u2019t dictated by any specific aspect of the U.S. calendar,\u201d Carney said.<\/p>\n \u201cThe reality is the cost of living is very high in the United States and there\u2019s things Canada can do to help lower that cost of living.\u201d<\/p>\n The Canadian Press<\/a><\/p>\n Trade minister dismisses Trump\u2019s claims<\/p>\n Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc directly dismissed Trump\u2019s claim that Canada will apologize to his administration to secure a trade deal. <\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m not thinking the government of Canada is going to apologize for standing up for Canadian workers, Canadian businesses, defending our economy,\u201d he said Tuesday, answering questions from reporters at an unrelated announcement in New Brunswick.<\/p>\n LeBlanc said the U.S. government \u201cdecided to apply a series of tariffs that violated the trade agreement\u201d Trump\u2019s first administration signed just six years ago. He said Canada will do what it must to support and protect its workers and businesses.<\/p>\n The Canadian Press<\/a><\/p>\n Navarro\u2019s warning against Canadian lobbyists comes as Americans prepare to go to the polls in November for the midterms, with several key races coming in U.S. states that share a border with Canada.<\/p>\n Many of those states have felt the impact of Canada\u2019s retaliatory tariffs, which went into effect earlier this month. Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer<\/a> said residents were \u201cuniquely impacted\u201d by the trade dispute, while New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said Trump was \u201cneedlessly picking fights\u201d with U.S. allies.<\/p>\n U.S. tourism has seen a massive decrease amid the ongoing dispute, even before Trump\u2019s latest escalation. Data from Statistics Canada<\/a> says in the first quarter of 2026, Canadians made nearly half a million fewer trips to the U.S. and spent $800 million less in the first three months of 2025.<\/p>\n Hunter Crowther,<\/a> CTVNews.ca, lead evening producer<\/p>\n Workers \u2018betrayed\u2019 by Stelco: PM Carney<\/p>\n Speaking to reporters following his announcement, Carney said his thoughts are with the workers and the families \u201cwho have been betrayed\u201d by Stelco.<\/p>\n \u201cLet\u2019s put it blank,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n The union representing steelworkers at Stelco Holdings say 350 employees at its Hamilton, Ont. plant will be laid off.<\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s money on the table from the federal government \u2026 and the company made representations and has legal obligations for employment,\u201d Carney said. \u201cWe intend to use all powers that we have and pursue them to the full extent of the law.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cAnd I would just take note that this situation is caused by the U.S. tariffs and that the owner and CEO, the ultimate owner of Stelco, Cleveland Cliffs, applauded President Trump for putting those tariffs on,\u201d Carney added.<\/p>\n Spencer Van Dyk<\/a>, CTV News writer and producer <\/p>\n Stelco \u2018betrayed\u2019 workers at Hamilton, Ont. plant: PM Carney PM Carney says he\u2019s \u2018very disappointed\u2019 by layoffs at Stelco\u2019s Hamilton, Ont. plant and intends to use \u2018all powers\u2019 to the \u2018fullest extent of the law.\u2019 <\/p>\n Can steel industry survive Trump\u2019s tariffs?<\/p>\n The move to lay off hundreds of workers at Hamilton\u2019s Stelco steel plant is being seen as a critical warning to Canada\u2019s troubled steel industry.<\/p>\n \u201cIf we don\u2019t make changes, Canada\u2019s steel industry is at risk,\u201d said United Steelworkers national director Marty Warren.<\/p>\n Stelco\u2019s plans to \u201cidle\u201d part of its Hamilton factory and let go hundreds of employees is only the latest blow to a Canadian industry being squeezed by U.S. tariffs.<\/p>\n In December, Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.\u2019s largest employer, Algoma Steel, announced it would let go of roughly 1,000 employees. The mayor of the northern Ontario city says the message from Washington has been sent loud and clear.<\/p>\n \u201cThe hope of the American administration is to destroy the Canadian steel market,\u201d said Sault Ste. Marie Mayor Matthew Shoemaker.<\/p>\n Adrian Ghobrial<\/a>, CTV National News senior correspondent <\/p>\n Read the full story here<\/a><\/p>\n Stelco set to lay off hundreds of workers as Trump tariffs continue to hit Canada’s steel industry Hamilton’s Stelco plant plans to lay off hundreds of workers as Canada’s steel industry continues to face tariff pressures. Adrian Ghobrial has more. <\/p>\n U.S. ban on US$1B of Canadian imports begins<\/p>\n U.S.-Canada relations, already tense, are likely to deteriorate further after the United States went ahead early Tuesday with a decision to ban nearly US$1 billion worth of Canadian imports, including alcoholic beverages, dairy products and motorcycles.<\/p>\n The ban amounts to barely a ripple in $880 billion worth of a two-way annual trade between the two neighbours. But it marks another ratcheting up of U.S. President Donald Trump\u2019s second-term trade war with America\u2019s longtime ally and trading partner.<\/p>\n The import ban \u201ccertainly won\u2019t do anything to help the trade tensions between the United States and Canada,\u2019\u2019 said trade attorney Patrick Childress, a partner at Holland & Knight and a former U.S. trade official.<\/p>\n The Associated Press<\/p>\n Read the full article here<\/a><\/p>\n Distillers navigate day one of U.S. booze ban<\/p>\n After a big push to get product into the United States, Canadian alcohol makers are now stuck in wait-and-see mode. <\/p>\n Jonathan Hemi says the Newfoundland-based Crystal Head doesn\u2019t currently have any production scheduled at their plant \u2013 and while Europeans are sympathetic to Canada\u2019s plight, they\u2019re not buying much vodka.<\/p>\n \u201cCanadian Vodka is being treated like Cuban cigars,\u201d added Steve Ciccolini, president of Iceberg Brands Corporation.<\/p>\n Ciccolini said his business had products frozen in American warehouses, because they hadn\u2019t yet fully cleared customs at 12:01 a.m. ET Tuesday morning.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s just odd, we don\u2019t have a playbook for this, to be honest,\u201d Ciccolini said. \u201cWe\u2019re dealing with our customers down south and we\u2019re sort of asking for a reprieve for a little while.\u201d<\/p>\n Garrett Barry<\/a>, CTV National News journalist<\/p>\n Read the full story here<\/a><\/p>\n U.S. import bans put new pressure on Canadian wine and alcohol producers U.S. bans on certain Canadian alcohol have prompted wine and vodka producers to call for fewer interprovincial trade barriers. Garrett Barry has more. <\/p>\n Moosehead Breweries in \u2018hurry up and wait\u2019 mode: CEO<\/p>\n The CEO of the largest fully Canadian-owned brewery said his company is in a \u201churry up and wait situation\u201d after new U.S. tariffs on some Canadian alcohol went into effect Tuesday. <\/p>\n Moosehead Breweries CEO Andrew Oland told CTV News Channel said that his company loses money on each case they ship to the U.S., but they continue to do so to protect their share of the American market. <\/p>\n When Trump\u2019s import ban was announced, Oland said his company worked with American distributors to rush product into the U.S. market, even altering their production schedule.\u201cWe got everything out to market. So now we\u2019re in a hurry up and wait situation,\u201d he said, calling the U.S. administration to Canadian business \u201csurreal.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve been selling beer in the United States for 49 years, we were selling beer in the United States before we were selling beer in Quebec, Ontario, Western Canada,\u201d he recounted. <\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s a really challenging situation for us.\u201d<\/p>\n Joe Van Wonderen<\/a>, CTVNews.ca journalist<\/p>\n ‘We’re in a hurry up and wait situation’: Moosehead CEO on U.S. ban on Canadian booze imports Moosehead Breweries CEO Andrew Oland says the U.S. ban on Canadian alcoholic beverages is ‘surreal’ and ‘a really challenging situation for us.’ <\/p>\n LeBlanc promotes barrier-free interprovincial trade <\/p>\n Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc says he\u2019ll meet with provincial and territorial counterparts this week to work on the shared goal of ensuring Canadian goods can move freely across the country.<\/p>\n \u201cTo be our own best customer, we must be ambitious in ensuring that Canadian goods, services, and workers can move across Canada barrier-free,\u201d he posted to X, hours after the U.S. import ban took effect.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have an opportunity to meet the moment by building a more unified and competitive Canadian economy.\u201d<\/p>\n Kayla Thompson,<\/a> CTV News, journalist<\/p>\n Conservatives call for \u2018removing barriers\u2019<\/p>\n In a statement Tuesday, Conservative Canada-U.S. relations critic Shuvaloy Majumdar called Trump\u2019s alcohol, dairy, motorcycles and molasses ban \u201canother unjustified attack on Canadian workers, businesses and producers.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cPresident Trump is responsible for these unjustified measures,\u201d he wrote. \u201cAt the same time, the Liberals have failed to weather the storm. For months, Prime Minister Carney offered concessions in trade talks and negotiated from a position of weakness rather than strength.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Prime Minister had time to develop a plan,\u201d he added. \u201cBut instead of making Canada stronger and more competitive, he left Canadian businesses vulnerable to decisions made in Washington.\u201d<\/p>\n Majumdar wrote that the Conservatives are calling on the Liberals to \u201cimmediately\u201d support a bill that would allow Canadians to purchase \u201cCanadian beer, wine and spirits from anywhere in the country through Canada Post.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cIf barriers are going up abroad, we should be tearing barriers down at home,\u201d Majumdar wrote, adding the Liberals should also pause the federal alcohol excise tax.<\/p>\n Spencer Van Dyk,<\/a> CTV News writer and producer <\/p>\n U.S. group \u2018Toasts Not Tariffs\u2019 calls on Trump to end war<\/p>\n The U.S.-based group Toasts Not Tariffs, which represents farmers, distillers, retailers, restaurants and bars, said in a statement Tuesday<\/a> it appreciates the Trump administration\u2019s efforts to encourage Canada to reopen its markets to American spirits and wine.<\/p>\n \u201cHowever, as this ban on Canadian spirits and wines takes effect today, America\u2019s restaurants, bars, retailers and consumers are being pulled further into a trade dispute that has already taken a significant toll on U.S. wine and spirits producers,\u201d the group said, calling for a negotiated resolution to the dispute that restores sales on both sides of the border.<\/p>\n The Canadian Press<\/p>\n Trump says Canada will ask for trade deal <\/p>\n Just hours before import bans on certain Canadian goods were set to take effect, U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday he thinks he can make a trade deal with Canada in the coming weeks.<\/p>\n Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office, Trump said he thinks the Canadian side will contact him in the next three or four weeks and the United States will \u201cwin everything.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThey\u2019re gonna come in and they\u2019re gonna say, \u2018Sir, we are sorry,\u201d\u2019 Trump said. \u201cThey\u2019ve treated the United States very, very badly. I think a deal will be made but it\u2019s gonna be fair.\u201d<\/p>\n The Canadian Press<\/p>\n Read the full article here<\/a> <\/p>\n GDP cooled off ahead of U.S. import ban: StatCan<\/p>\n Economic growth in Canada cooled off ahead of the latest round of U.S. tariffs this summer, Statistics Canada said Tuesday.<\/p>\n The agency said real gross domestic product (GDP) was essentially unchanged in July. Strength in construction and utilities that month was offset by declines elsewhere in the economy.<\/p>\n StatCan expects the economy picked back up with a gain of 0.2 per cent in August, but those early figures will be revised next month. The August GDP figures will partially capture the impact of new 50 per cent U.S. tariffs applied on a range of Canadian goods starting Aug. 22.<\/p>\n TD Bank economist Marc Ercolao said he expects August\u2019s GDP figures will also get a boost from the latest trade swings. Some U.S. importers were likely rushing to get ahead of new tariffs on Canadian goods early in the month, but that lift will reverse come September.<\/p>\n The Canadian Press<\/p>\n Read the full article here<\/a><\/p>\n Canada\u2019s economy was vulnerable before Trump: analyst<\/p>\n Amid the increasingly bitter trade war between Canada and the U.S., a business analyst argues that recent American trade policy changes did not create the issues plaguing the Canadian economy, they have simply exposed long-standing flaws.<\/p>\n \u201cWe created a series of policies that made us weaker as an economy,\u201d Ian Lee, business analyst and professor at the Sprott School of Business at Carleton University, told CTV News Channel on Tuesday.<\/p>\n \u201c(Donald) Trump did not create our weaknesses; they existed long before Trump was (U.S.) president. What he did was he maliciously and savagely exploited our weaknesses, which is what we are living through now.\u201d<\/p>\n Lee said that while certain individual sectors within Canada\u2019s economy may be able to absorb the nominal impact of U.S. tariffs, the cumulative effect of the levies on businesses and consumers will be significant.<\/p>\n The trade war will also continue to weigh on overall confidence, Lee said, something harder to measure in the short term.<\/p>\n \u201cI think the impact is more indirect. It\u2019s driving down confidence\u2026 it\u2019s disrupting supply chains, it\u2019s disrupting the customer relationships,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cSo, it\u2019s not the tariff per se that is causing the damage, it\u2019s the undermining of business confidence and traditional relationships that have been on going on for decades.\u201d<\/p>\n Jordan Fleguel,<\/a> journalist, CTVNews.ca <\/p>\n Trump is \u2018alienating\u2019 Canada: analyst<\/p>\n CTV News U.S. political analyst Eric Ham said the way that Trump speaks of China, a one-party state, \u201cmakes clear where the president stands,\u201d considering it\u2019s the only other country aside from Canada that retaliated against the U.S.<\/p>\n \u201cThe United States is now alienating and isolating its most closest and ardent ally and trading partner, while authoritarian nations seem to actually have Donald Trump\u2019s ear as well as his affinity and affection,\u201d he told CTV News Channel on Tuesday. <\/p>\n With new tariffs going into affect, Ham said that he suspects the trade war between Canada and the U.S. won\u2019t end any time soon.<\/p>\n \u201cThe president is hoping that this will somehow force Canada to actually agree to something that will give up much of their sovereignty and independence, and what we\u2019re seeing here is Canada continues to dig in,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n Ham added that no matter who wins in the midterm elections, the trade war could pit the White House against Congress, with Congress seeking to take back some trade authorities, which could leave Canada out in the cold.<\/p>\n Elianna Lev,<\/a> CTVNews.ca, journalist<\/p>\n Trump announces new $15B steel plant <\/p>\n U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday announced a new US$15 billion steel plant being built in Iowa, highlighting an economic victory in a key battleground state where Republicans face competitive midterm races.<\/p>\n Trump announced the new plant at an Oval Office event alongside steel executives and Iowa Republicans, including two running for office. The event highlighted Iowa\u2019s elevated status for Republicans and for Trump, who on Monday pledged to campaign there in coming weeks.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re going to do a great rally. We\u2019ll all be there together,\u201d Trump said alongside Rep. Ashley Hinson, who is running for the U.S. Senate, and Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, who is up for re-election. Also joining him were Gov. Kim Reynolds and Sen. Joni Ernst, who are not seeking new terms in office.<\/p>\n The new steel plant is being built by Mesabi Metallics, a Minnesota company owned by India\u2019s Essar Group, an industrial conglomerate. Trump said the project will become the largest steel plant in the United States. It is expected to produce 10 million tons of steel a year after it\u2019s fully built out.<\/p>\n Trump touts new U.S. steel plant as Canada trade tensions escalate U.S. President Trump announced funding for a new U.S. steel plant as import bans on Canadian goods loom. Joy Malbon has more on the escalating trade tensions. <\/p>\n The Associated Press<\/p>\n 350 steelworkers laid off at Ontario plant<\/p>\n The union representing steelworkers at Stelco Holdings Inc. has confirmed to CTV News that 350 employees at its plant in Hamilton, Ont. will be laid off.<\/p>\n United Steelworkers Local 1005 verified the planned layoffs on Monday afternoon but did not provide any further details.<\/p>\n Stelco declined an interview but in a statement to BNN a spokesperson said its Hamilton Works facility is currently idling its finishing operations while continuing to concentrate steel production in Lake Erie.<\/p>\n \u201cVery importantly, job opportunities at Lake Erie Works will be offered to Hamilton employees. We expect that a significant number of employees affected by the indefinite idle at Hamilton should be absorbed at Lake Erie Works,\u201d a spokesperson wrote in an email.<\/p>\n Stelco also said the amount of steel they produce will not be impacted by the Hamilton plant\u2019s idling, though there will be a \u201cchange in product mix, with a higher concentration of hot rolled steel products.\u201d<\/p>\n Stelco layoffs put hundreds of Hamilton steel jobs at risk Stelco\u2019s Hamilton plant faces the potential loss of hundreds of jobs, with tariffs cited as a primary cause. Heather Wright reports. <\/p>\n Alex Arsenych<\/a> and Joanna Lavoie,<\/a> CTV News & CP24, journalist <\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790771776_288_2X4LHYCTKTLBDFL3SPIALKYFMY.jpg\")
Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc listens as Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks about Canada’s response to new U.S. tariffs during a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Patrick Doyle Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc listens as Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks about Canada’s response to new U.S. tariffs during a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Saturday, Aug. 22, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Patrick Doyle Trade war impacting U.S. border states<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1790771776_153_AERBVBKXDANCPJFIFIQOVKWWMM.jpg\")
President Donald Trump, center right, shakes the hand of China’s President Xi Jinping as first lady Melania Trump, right, and China’s first lady Peng Liyuan, left, watch as they arrive at the National Archives Museum, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026, in Washi… President Donald Trump, center right, shakes the hand of China’s President Xi Jinping as first lady Melania Trump, right, and China’s first lady Peng Liyuan, left, watch as they arrive at the National Archives Museum, Friday, Sept. 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo\/Julia Demaree Nikhinson) <\/p>\n