Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called steep new U.S.tariffs on a wide swath of his country’s goods “a miscalculation” Saturday morning after trade talks with Canada collapsed late Friday.Carney blamed the breakdown of talks on what he said were the Trump administration’s “uneconomic” and “unfair” demands.The 50% tariffs affect about $20 billion worth of U.S.
imports from Canada, according to the U.S.Trade Representative’s Office.
The import taxes will hit everything from hockey sticks to some building materials, liquors and certain kinds of clothing.Carney said Canada was pursuing a “focused response,” with tariffs on the U.S.“concentrated in sectors such as steel, dairy, appliances, agricultural equipment, pulp and paper, and electronics.” The duties would take effect Sept.
8, he said.U.S.Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Saturday morning in an interview on Fox News: “We don’t have new talks planned with the Canadians.
We’ve said enough, and so we’ve taken countermeasures.” He also said the U.S.would “respond to Canadian retaliation.”Kyle Kirkwood wins IndyCar race in downtown D.C.
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Capitol behind vehicles on the track during the Freedom 250 Grand Prix in Washington on Sunday.Elizabeth Frantz / Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBlasting down those iconic and bumpy streets with a view of the U.S.Capitol from his car, Florida native Kyle Kirkwood took the checkered flag to win a once-in-a-lifetime IndyCar race on a sunny Sunday.The Freedom 250 Grand Prix was an elaborate 250-mile spectacle in Washington with few expenses spared to celebrate the country’s semiquincentennial, bringing the city a rare blend of power, money and speed.Kyle Kirkwood celebrates after winning the Freedom 250 Grand Prix on Sunday.Finn Gomez / Getty ImagesKirkwood, who races for Andretti Global, started second but took the lead on the opening lap with a daring maneuver around the outside of pole-sitter a...