Republicans who have publicly pushed back<\/a> as she finds herself in a tight re-election race.\u00a0<\/p>\nCanada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc confirmed that the government isn’t expecting a deal before the midterm elections in an interview with CBC’s Power & Politics following publication of this story.<\/p>\n
“We have continued to remain engaged with the United States. But we’re not going to rush into some particular circumstance and \u2026 agree to something that we don’t think is in Canada’s sovereign interest or economic interest,” he told host David Cochrane. <\/p>\n
Trump will keep Trumping, regardless of result<\/p>\n
Whatever the results of the midterm elections may be, Clow said that Canadians should not anticipate much change when it comes to trade.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He suggests the Democrats taking power away from Republicans would provide “a marginal benefit to Canada” at best.<\/p>\n
He says Trump could be distracted if a Democrat-led House or Senate launches investigations into his administration. They also could pass legislation that attempts to rein in some of Trump’s policies.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
However, Trump has already signalled he will veto anything he doesn’t like.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“He still has a lot of tools to inflict a lot of damage on Canada and the rest of the world when it comes to trade,” Clow said. “I expect no matter what happens \u2026 he’s still going to use those tools.”<\/p>\n
Trump has carried out his tariff strategy using executive orders, along with actions by the U.S. Commerce Department and the U.S. Trade Representative’s office. None of those options go away if Republicans lose the midterms.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“We’re not going to get relief from Congress changing in the short term,” said Flavio Volpe, a member of the Canada-U.S. economic advisory committee and president of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association.<\/p>\n
But if Democrats are successful, Volpe says that will mean “more adults in the room.”<\/p>\n
More threatened tariffs on horizon\u00a0<\/p>\n
With no end in sight to the trade tensions, more threatened tariffs are less than three months away.<\/p>\n
Days after trade talks fell apart in August, Trump again complained about Canada “ripping off” the United States.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“On January First, 2027, Tariffs on all Cars, Trucks, both large and small, Automotive Parts and Steel will be increased to 50%,” he wrote on his Truth Social platform.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“WE DON’T NEED CANADA, THEY NEED US!”<\/p>\n
Clow says this new deadline will incentivize Canada to see if there’s some sort of agreement to be made.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“Like a lot of threats we’ve seen from this administration you have to take it seriously even if it may not come to pass,” he said. “And unfortunately we won’t know until Jan. 1 whether this is a real threat.”<\/p>\n
LeBlanc noted on Power & Politics that the administration has yet to move forward with anything official on increasing auto tariffs.<\/p>\n
“But there’s no doubt that that is obviously of concern to us. That’s why we continue to say to our American counterparts \u2026 that all of this is avoidable if the two countries can come to an agreement,” the minister said.<\/p>\n
When asked about the status of these possible tariffs, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer declined to provide specific details.\u00a0<\/p>\n
At the G20 trade ministers’ summit in Milwaukee three weeks ago, Greer rejected the assertion that this is a threat and denied that Canada is being targeted.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He said tariffs are part of U.S. “domestic economic policy” and that they’re “not focused on any one country.”<\/p>\n
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\u2018Door is always open\u2019 for U.S.-Canada trade talks, says Greer<\/p>\n
G20 trade ministers gathered in Milwaukee, Wis., for a summit, but no formal talks between the U.S. and Canada are expected. U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told American media the \u2018door is always open\u2019 for negotiations.<\/p>\n
If work is happening behind the scenes to move ahead with these new tariffs, Canadian industry officials say they have not been given any sort of heads up.<\/p>\n
“We haven’t seen any paperwork,” says Volpe.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In order for a tariff threat to become a reality, it requires some form of legal documentation to bring the policy into force. Those documents outline the scope of the policy and the laws being used to enforce the levies.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
“They know that if they tariff auto parts from Canada, they shut down the entire American automotive manufacturing structure simply because those parts will not get delivered,” Volpe said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
While Volpe is confident the Trump administration will back away from new tariffs on auto parts, he said he isn’t so sure about autos and steel.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“[Trump] just might be willing to sink Detroit trying to prove some point that nobody can understand,” he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Canada the irritant<\/p>\n
Trump routinely uses Canada as a punching bag in his campaign rally speeches.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“At some point, we’re making a deal that’s gonna be amazing,” Trump said during a stop in Highland Heights, Ky., on Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“But for years we’ve lost billions and billions of dollars, and they just felt so emboldened.”<\/p>\n
Trump has long been frustrated by trade deficits, including with Canada. However, he regularly exaggerates the actual number.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He was cheered when he called Trudeau a “loser” before taking aim at Prime Minister Mark Carney.<\/p>\n
“Your current guy’s good \u2026 he’s a nice guy, but he’s not nice when it comes to trade,” he said.<\/p>\n
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