Carney says Canada has no plans to pursue China free trade deal after Trump tariff threat

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Carney says Canada has no plans to pursue China free trade deal after Trump tariff threat

The Hill
by Tara Suter
01/26/26

Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada has no plans to go ahead with a free trade deal with China in the wake of a tariff threat from President Trump.

“We have no intention of doing that with China or any other nonmarket economy,” Carney said Sunday, according to The Associated Press. “What we have done with China is to rectify some issues that developed in the last couple of years.”

On Saturday, Trump warned of 100 percent tariffs on the U.S.’s northern neighbor if it made a trade deal with China.

“If Governor Carney thinks he is going to make Canada a ‘Drop Off Port’ for China to send goods and products into the United States, he is sorely mistaken,” Trump said on his Truth Social platform.

“China will eat Canada alive, completely devour it, including the destruction of their businesses, social fabric, and general way of life,” the president added.

Earlier this month, Canada and China came to an initial trade deal in which tariffs on electric vehicles and canola were cut. Canada was going to let a maximum of 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles at a 6.1 percent tariff into their country, according the AP, and Beijing was set to bring down its tariff on its canola seed in March.

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[Smokin Joe]

Not sure where the Canadian EV market is. Maybe coastal BC, Vancouver, or in the east. If the prairie provinces are anything like North Dakota, there won't be much demand up there. We have a whopping 1,350 electrics registered in ND, out of 830,000 vehicles. (More than 1 vehicle per person in the state).

[Wingnut]

“What we have done with China is to rectify some issues that developed in the last couple of years.”

I don't speak Canadian, but that sounds like bullshit to me.  He made a deal with China.  Pretty plain. Pretty simple.

Canada had a chance to course correct after Fidel's bastard child left office.  But against their own best interest they elected this steaming pile they call Carney.

[txradioguy]

I don't speak Canadian, but that sounds like bullshit to me.  He made a deal with China.  Pretty plain. Pretty simple.

Canada had a chance to course correct after Fidel's bastard child left office.  But against their own best interest they elected this steaming pile they call Carney.

They think they're giving the middle finger to the U.S.

Meanwhile they've made a deal with the Devil and don't comprehend what comes with that.