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Carney says Canada will honor USMCA and has no plans for a China free-trade deal amid Trump’s 100% tariff threat

Carney says Canada will honor USMCA and has no plans for a China free-trade deal amid Trump’s 100% tariff threat

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Prime Minister Mark Carney said Canada is respecting its commitments under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), including provisions that restrict pursuing free-trade agreements with “non-market” economies. He was responding to U.S. President Donald Trump’s threat to impose a 100% tariff on Canadian goods if Ottawa moved toward a trade deal with Beijing.


Carney said Canada has “no intention” of pursuing a free-trade agreement with China, adding recent steps were aimed at resolving sector-specific tariff disputes rather than launching a broader FTA track