High-level trade talks between Canadian and U.S. officials have resumed in Washington as the Team Canada united front has begun to unravel in the face of punishing tariffs on autos, steel, aluminum and lumber.
Ottawa has been focused on lifting the U.S. sectoral tariffs, which President Donald Trump has justified under a national-security provision known as Section 232 in American trade law.
When the U.S. talks broke for the weekend, Mr. Carney said they were at an intense stage, as his negotiating team sought tariff relief on key Canadian sectors.
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High-level trade talks between Canadian and U.S. officials have resumed in Washington as the Team Canada united front has begun to unravel in the face of punishing tariffs on autos, steel, aluminum and lumber.
Ottawa has been focused on lifting the U.S. sectoral tariffs, which President Donald Trump has justified under a national-security provision known as Section 232 in American trade law.
When the U.S. talks broke for the weekend, Mr. Carney said they were at an intense stage, as his negotiating team sought tariff relief on key Canadian sectors.
The latest hit to the Canadian economy came late Tuesday when [Stellantis announced](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-stellantis-shifts-jeep-production-to-illinois-from-brampton/) it was shifting a production line at its Brampton plant to one in the United States. On the same day, U.S. tariffs of 10 per cent on [softwood lumber](https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-canada-softwood-lumber-us-tariffs/) came into effect, bringing the total tariff on such products to 45 per cent.