US-Canada trade war escalates as Trump threatens tariff hike on autos after Carney vows to retaliate BBCU.S. Tariffs Could Price Canadian Firms Out of U.S. and Threaten Thousands of Jobs The New York TimesCanada to Unveil Trump Tariff Response Including Loans, Benefits BloombergTrump's trade ‘war' with Canada has Carney facing his biggest test yet The Washington PostCollins blasts Trump's Canada tariffs as a ‘mistake' The Hill
The treasury secretary said Trump is contacting other world leaders to demand their support for the "economic asphyxiation" of the Iranian regime but he declined to say which countries and gave no deadline for action.
The 50 percent tariffs President Trump imposed on Canadian exports to the United States will make it impossible for many Canadian companies to continue to sell to the U.S. market, economists say.
