As we have all learned in the past week, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney manufactured an oppositional narrative to the U.S-Canada trade deal in order to say no. Today, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick gave specifics about the last-minute Canadian demands that blew up the trade agreement.
Secretary Lutnick has a long-standing relationship with Prime Minister Mark Carney and during the negotiations he talked at length to both Canada’s primary trade negotiator, Dominick LeBlanc as well as Prime Minister Carney. Lutnick notes the issues Carney claimed were too much for Canada to agree to were entirely manufactured at the last minute in order to say no.
At no point was the French language ever mentioned in the trade discussions. At no time was the trade sector that involves U.S. tariffs against heavy-duty trucks and semi tractor trailers ever mentioned, until Friday at 4:00pm when Carney brought up that issue. The agreement was outlined and agreed by all parties prior to Friday; Howard Lutnick speaking twice to Prime Minister Carney personally. There was no issue until the last minute when Canada chose to make issues.
As Lutnick notes, this is all political on the Canadian side. Prime Minister Carney needed domestic political leverage to manipulate his constituents. This is worth watching:
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The full presser is below that covers other topics including the Kennedy Center. In the longer video the Canada issue comes up at 18:38.
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Its all blowing up on Carney. Canadians aren’t dumb they’ve just been lied to
Oh yes they are…
You are assuming the Acadian public is getting actual news.
Bad assumption.
And Lake America adds the icing to the cake !
Oh,Betsy your the best.😎👏👍
Perfect for when he looks in a mirror.
Troll-a-licious!
😂
Actually the air waves are non stop about this pathetic stunt and absolutely nobody is watching Lutnick or Jamieson Greer’s absolutely stellar beat down of Carney.
I love Trump but this stunt unraveled all of the beautiful ways these two men articulated truth.
DD
No surprise here at all.
Commie has to Commie.
Canadian gov’t encouraged TDS, now they have to manage TDS.
Very unenviable position. They could have played nice from the beginning and this would all be behind us and both countries would be a lot better place.
Greedy, corrupt and stupid Canadians leaders. Canadians should rise up and remove them from office.
>> They could have played nice from the beginning.
Maybe “they” could have, but not Mark Carney.
So Carney is just a contrarian to make himself look bigger. Let’s see how that works in his favor. King Charles will send him a fruit basket.
So he’s sending Harry and Meghan to Carney?
Yes, and it just may be bitter fruit. GBR has no way to help Canada economically nor does the EU, not for any length of time. The EU is in serious financial trouble already. Continuing this trade war into next year leads to disastrous consequences for Canada.
Lutnick’s prediction that Canada will come right back to the table and accept the deal AFTER Carney’s party gets re-elected may be spot on.
It’s always political. Tell us something we don’t know.
How can Carney please his Chinese benefactors, not alienate the UK or EU and at the same time explain the dire consequence of the failed trade negotiation to the cold cocked Canadian constituency?
Carney must stoke the TDS syndrome in Canada and blame President Trump for what Carney orchestrated.
The people will only take so much
The Fhit is about to hit the San
“The agreement was outlined and agreed by all parties prior to Friday; Howard Lutnick speaking twice to Prime Minister Carney personally. There was no issue until the last minute when Canada chose to make issues.”
So the word of a Canadian leader is worthless.
What else is there to say?
Lutnick sounds like an everyman. Great talking off the cuff. Never seemed to be a stumbled thought.
About one of the best pressers I’ve seen in really ever. Talk about brass tacks, no BS and no political middle, say nothing speak. Good job and all it took was 5-6 straight forward sentences. He said more in 45 seconds that most politicians say in their entire careers.