It may appear that U.S. President Donald Trump’s move to hit many Canadian products with new tariffs of 50 per cent came out of the blue, but there are clear signs of what’s driving the tactic.
Monday’s announcement comes as the U.S. pushes for significant changes to the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), changes that would lock any Canadian trade concessions into the text of a trade deal.
The Trump administration wants to wipe out as much of Canada’s leverage in those CUSMA talks as possible.
This guy gets it. Canada is not going to win with Carney’s strategy.
On USMCA, there’s a reason that Professor Ian Lee of Carleton University doesn’t get much time on legacy media. He speaks more truth to power than they can handle.
1⃣ We are far more dependent on the 🇺🇸 than they are on us.
2⃣ If 🇨🇦 cannot maintain the current level of free trade… pic.twitter.com/Hl1sXfV7sp— RMC86 (@RMC19861987) July 19, 2026
This idiot doesn’t get it.
It’s Trump’s fault “because of the cloud of CO2 that comes up from the U.S.” 🙄@fancypants_s https://t.co/SbzxXVYHVg
— Auntie Polly (@auntie_polly) July 21, 2026
h/t Auntie Polly
