Économie · U.S.-Canada trade talks deadlockedLes négociations entre le Canada et les États-Unis dans l’impasse à l’approche de la menace de droits de douane de 50 percentRédigé 7 septembre 2026 à 21:22 UTCRegarderTranscription0:00Canada and the United States are0:01deadlocked five [music] days before0:03threatened new American tariffs are set0:05to take effect August 19th with0:07negotiators still far apart [music]0:09and a deal before that deadline0:10described as highly unlikely. Lead0:12Minister Dominic LeBlanc has stayed in0:14Washington briefing provinces, [music]0:15industry representatives and members of0:17the advisory committee for Canada-US0:19economic relations while the talks0:20continue. [music] The picture on August0:2214th pointed to five days remaining0:24until August 19th, a window sources0:26described with discouragement about0:27closing the gap in time. The United0:29States remains bullish [music] on0:31keeping section 232 sectoral tariffs0:34while Canada is offering concessions0:35[music] in exchange for tariff relief0:37and at the same time bracing for0:38threatened section 338 tariffs [music]0:40that would target about 5% of exports.0:42The stalemate leaves provinces,0:44businesses and workers facing the cost0:46of sectoral duties already in place and0:49the prospect of new duties on a slice of0:51[music] export trade with days to adjust0:52supply chains, pricing and jobs. Whether0:55any agreement can be reached [music]0:56before August 19th, what the final scope0:59and rates for the section 232 and1:01section 338 measures would be, what1:03specific [music] concessions Canada has1:05offered and whether the August 19th1:06effective date will hold at all remain1:08unresolved1:09>> [music]1:09>> with the current account resting on a1:10single report from August 14th that has1:12not yet been independently corroborated.1:15Like and follow for more stories that1:16matter.Lire l’articleChronologie de l’histoireHeyDexLe format court ↗
