Trump trade rep says Washington ‘not going to tolerate’ retaliation as tariff deadline looms

Darren Major · CBC News · Aug 14, 2026

Carney, Trump expected to to be given ‘options’ on a potential path forward on tariffs

Donald Trump’s trade envoy says the administration will not accept any form of retaliation from Canada if the U.S. president follows through on his latest tariff threat.

“For us, this is not a trade war. We have domestic supply chains we’re trying to protect,” U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer told reporters in Des Moines, Iowa, on Friday.

“It’s not Canada specific, we’re doing this globally. If a country retaliates against us, we’re not going to tolerate that. We’ll take action.”

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Anam Khan – CTV News August 14, 2026

‘It looks like it’s going to end in tears,’ former diplomat warns ahead of Canada-U.S. tariff deadline

It is quite possible that the escalating Canada-U.S. trade fight could end with the countries’ trade agreement being torn apart, warns a former Canadian diplomat.

“I don’t know how this all ends, but right now it looks like it’s going to end in tears,” Colin Robertson, former Canadian diplomat and vice-president and fellow at the Canadian Global Affairs Institute, told BNN Bloomberg.

The looming U.S. deadline for imposing 50 per cent tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods, including autos, dairy, and alcohol, is a week away on Aug. 19.

While Canada and U.S. officials hold holding close door emergency meetings to finalize a deal before the tariffs take effect, Robertson says it’s important for Canada’s current negotiating team to match the U.S. strategy precisely, which means if U.S. President Donald Trump applies a temporary tariff threat, Canada should offer temporary policy adjustments.

“What we want is reversible tariffs for reversible tariffs and any permanent concessions on the Canadian part for truly durable gains within the United States again,” says Robertson who was part of the negotiating teams for the original North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) and the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), which replaced NAFTA.

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