{"id":221941,"date":"2026-08-25T17:50:49","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T17:50:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-hits-back-at-carney-threatens-to-hike-auto-truck-metals-tariffs-to-50-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T17:50:49","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T17:50:49","slug":"trump-hits-back-at-carney-threatens-to-hike-auto-truck-metals-tariffs-to-50-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-hits-back-at-carney-threatens-to-hike-auto-truck-metals-tariffs-to-50-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump hits back at Carney, threatens to hike auto, truck, metals tariffs to 50% – NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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President Donald Trump on Monday hit back at Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who had announced Friday he would retaliate against any new U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods.
Writing on Truth Social, Trump threatened to hit imported cars, trucks, automobile parts and steel with 50% tariffs starting Jan. 1.
\u201cCanada has been ripping off the United States of America for years,\u201d Trump wrote<\/a>. \u201cOn Trade, and in other ways, also, they are among the worst Nations in the World to deal with.\u201d
Canada ranks as the third-highest source of U.S. imports. In 2025, more than $380 billion worth of goods were brought over the border, according to U.S. Census Bureau data.
Monday\u2019s escalation follows a wave of new tariffs that hit Canada early Saturday<\/a> after weekslong negotiations between Washington and Ottawa broke down.
Carney pulled Canadian negotiators out of those talks late Friday after he said the U.S. \u201cproposed new terms that were uneconomic\u201d and \u201cunfair.\u201d
Those 50% duties, which came into effect at 12:01 a.m. ET Saturday, ensnared a wide swath of Canadian goods, from hockey sticks to building materials.
On Saturday, Carney described the tension as \u201cwe cannot control the storm blowing in from Washington,\u201d adding, \u201cCanada will match Washington\u2019s new tariffs dollar for dollar in order to protect Canadian workers, farmers, families and businesses.\u201d
Moments before Trump\u2019s social media post, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer tried to publicly downplay the impact of the tariffs that hit Saturday morning.
\u201cI think the markets understand that this affects a very small amount of trade,\u201d Greer told CNBC. He added that he would not use the term \u201ctrade war\u201d to define Saturday\u2019s tariffs.
In Carney\u2019s view, however, Canada has been attacked by the United States, which for decades has been one of its closest partners and allies.
\u201cYou\u2019re at war when you get attacked,\u201d Carney told reporters in Ottawa on Saturday. \u201cWe got attacked.\u201d
Carney noted that Canada had waited to retaliate \u201cuntil the United States decided to actually implement these so-called [Section] 338 tariffs.\u201d
Speaking Monday in Quebec, Carney said Canada \u201ccould not accept what the U.S. had offered, nor could we give what they asked.\u201d
\u201cIt\u2019s not a surprise for us that the U.S. would take some form of reprisal to our response to their unjustified tariff, which was on top of other unjustified tariffs,\u201d he added. \u201cThat\u2019s not a surprise.\u201d
After Trump\u2019s announcement Monday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford, who leads Canada\u2019s most populous province, told The Associated Press <\/a>that Trump had \u201cdeclared war, economic war against his closest friend and ally.\u201d
\u201cEverything is on the table\u201d in terms of retaliation, said Ford. He noted that cutting off electricity flows to the U.S. and restricting exports of critical minerals were some of the ways Canada could retaliate.
\u201cI\u2019ll cut them off,\u201d Ford said, referring to critical minerals. \u201cYou won\u2019t get a grain of sand out of Ontario.\u201d
Trump quickly responded to Ford\u2019s comments, writing on social media, <\/a>\u201cSomeone should get these clowns to \u2018fall in line\u2019 or, the consequences for Canada will be far WORSE!\u201d
On Sunday, Bloomberg News reported<\/a> that Carney was designing Canada\u2019s retaliation measures to remain in place for the duration of Trump\u2019s term as president, if necessary.
In his Monday post, Trump did not specify whether automobiles and parts that are compliant with the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade pact would continue to be exempt from additional tariffs. Canadian-made vehicles that do not meet USMCA requirements currently face a 25% U.S. tariff.
Steel imported from Canada currently faces a U.S. tariff of 50%. It was not clear Monday whether Trump\u2019s announcement meant that the tariff would rise to 100%.
If fully implemented, the increased tariffs on autos and parts could be the most disruptive for consumers and automakers.
The U.S., Canada and Mexico have a deeply integrated auto supply chain and manufacturing process. Vehicles often cross borders multiple times before they are fully assembled and sent to dealerships.
Trump\u2019s latest waves of tariffs could also spell further doom for the USMCA trade deal, which Trump negotiated and signed during his first term after ripping up the 1992 North American Free Trade Agreement, or NAFTA.
On July 1, the Trump administration announced that it was not going to renew the USMCA in its current form<\/a>, plunging it into uncertainty with a series of rolling annual reviews and negotiations.
Asked when Canada would return to the negotiating table, Carney said Monday that before talks could resume, the United States would need to adopt \u201cthe right attitude towards our industries.\u201d
\u201cAn attitude at the negotiation table that Canada is a subsidiary of the United States, that Canadian industry is going to be disadvantaged relative to American industry\u201d is not something he would accept, Carney said.
Steve Kopack is a senior reporter at NBC News covering business and the economy.
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