Lutnick’s last-minute demands derailed Canada trade talks: Reports

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White House Headlines - August 25, 2026

White House Headlines - August 25, 2026

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick’s interventions in the U.S.-Canada trade talks helped the weeks-long negotiations fall apart, according to multiple reports, thrusting the two countries into a trade war.

U.S. and Canadian officials had felt good about an outline of a trade deal struck last Tuesday ahead of the original Wednesday deadline. President Trump took to social media to say that a deal had been struck, and he was pausing the 50 percent tariffs on some Canadian goods until Friday to finalize the paperwork.

But Lutnick was leery of Canadian proposals that would lower the tariff on autos to a level lower than what he wanted, according to The New York Times. He........

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