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Former acting U.S. Trade Representative and General Counsel (USTR) Stephen Vaughn "Well, I think it's very important to understand, to begin with, no one has given Canada a better trade deal than the US this year so far." "In the first six months of this year, the United States...

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Jamieson Greer today at the Iowa State Fair: Straight talk on Canada that doesn’t sound great for Ottawa USTR Jamieson Greer took questions today in Des Moines. The Canada portion was blunt Key points & quotes: * Canada had “completely free access to the US Market for many decades.” The US is now “trying to control our borders… for imported goods and services.” * “For decades, we have had major trade issues with Canada… There are a lot of issues… any potential resolution has to include all of these or a pathway forward for them.” * Again he says only two countries have retaliated against US trade measures: “the People’s Republic of China and Canada. That’s not the kind of company you really want to be running in.” Specific Canadian actions he flagged as the legal/policy basis for the coming Section 338 duties: * Bans on the sale of American wine and spirits in Canada * Uneven dairy treatment with supply management: “In some instances, Canada gives the EU better treatment on dairy than they give us their best customer.” * Procurement and other longstanding issues “These tariffs that are coming in… are a response to Canadian retaliatory measures, like the kind of things that China would do” On whether the duties could still be paused: the measures are tied directly to Canada’s actions, so those have to be resolved first Broader framing: * “This is not a trade war. We have domestic supply chains we’re trying to protect… It’s not Canada specific. It’s… globally.” * “Ultimately, we are accountable to American voters. * The president was elected… on a platform of protecting American industry. So that is first and foremost what we need to do.” * If a country retaliates, “we’re obviously not going to tolerate that. We’ll take action.” Greer even fielded a question in French before pivoting back to the same message: the Section 338 duties rest on Canada’s own measures, and those need to be fixed Constructive talks continue, but the hierarchy is clear: America’s trade policy first. Canada can come along... or not Jamieson Greer

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BREAKING: Meeting in the Oval Office with British Prime Minister Keir Starmer (Keir Starmer), President Trump pushes the narrative that the tariffs he's imposing on Canada, Mexico and China are paid by those nations rather than the American people, says he trusts Putin, believes the Russian President will keep his words, adds that but everything should be verified. President Trump and British Prime Minister Keir Starmer held a significant meeting in the Oval Office, discussing critical issues such as the ongoing Russia-Ukraine conflict, trade, and the future of the U.S.-UK relationship. Trump expressed optimism about a potential peace deal with Russia, stressing the importance of a lasting agreement and indicating that Ukraine’s NATO membership was not on the table. On Russia and Ukraine: "President Zelensky is coming to see me on Friday, Friday morning, and we're going to be signing really a very important agreement for both sides because it's really going to get us into that country." - President Trump "I think we’re very well advanced on a deal. But we have not made a deal yet. So I don’t like to talk about peacekeeping until we have a deal." - President Trump "When we have a deal, it’s going to be the deal. I don’t think if I didn’t win the election, I don’t think we’d be even talking to Putin right now or anybody else." - President Trump "I think Russia has been acting very well. We have representatives Steve Witkoff and Scott and Marco and J.D. we’re all involved, every one of us and a lot more. But I think we’re very well advanced on a deal." - President Trump "I don’t think he’s going to violate his word. I don’t think he’ll be back when we make a deal. I think the deal is going to hold." - President Trump (on President Putin) "I think we both can be that way. It’s trust and verify. You never know what you’re getting." - President Trump (on trust with Putin) "But on the NATO, it’s just not going to happen. That’s what started this whole thing. Biden said that, and all of a sudden the gun started." - President Trump "We want to work with him [Zelensky], and we will work with him. We have a very good relationship with President Zelensky." - President Trump "It’s not going to happen, and that’s what started this whole thing." - President Trump (on Ukraine joining NATO) On Tariffs and Europe: "We’re going to have reciprocal tariffs. Whatever they charge us, we’re going to charge them." - President Trump "I had put a lot of tariffs on in my first term and we’ve made tremendous amounts of progress because of those tariffs." - President Trump "The EU has been really very bad to us in terms of trade." - President Trump "I think we’re going to have a great relationship with Europe, but we’ve had problems with the EU because they tariff, they do it in the form of a VAT tax, which is about 20%, and many other taxes." - President Trump "They sell us cars, we don’t sell them cars, they don’t take our cars, they don’t take much of our agriculture, and we have a deficit with them of about $350 billion." - President Trump "We are going to have a great relationship, but I think I predicted that was going to happen, and it did happen, and it’ll work itself out." - President Trump (on Brexit and the future of the UK-EU relationship) "The EU was very, very tough on us in terms of trade. And I’m a different kind of a president. I can’t let that happen." - President Trump "We’re going to have a good discussion and we’ll be talking about Europe today, but Europe’s been very tough on us in terms of trade." - President Trump

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VP Vance was asked about the ongoing tariff negotiations with Canada, and what he’d say to Maine businesses and consumers worried about the impact of those tariffs. His answer was 🔥🔥🔥 "Well, first of all, I’d say we’re very mindful of the fact that Maine is a border state with Canada. There’s a lot of cross-border transaction between Maine and Canada. And what we’re trying to do here is just make sure that Maine actually gets a fair deal. If you look at the amount of tariffs that have been applied not just on Maine but on a lot of our northern states that are doing cross-border trade with Canada, Canada and China have been the two worst countries when it comes to trade policy anywhere in the world. What a shame that is. China, you, of course, expect. They’re our biggest economic competitor. I would expect that from China. I would not expect that from Canada. We have to remember, Canada is a state—sorry, Freudian slip. That was actually an accident. 🤣🤣🤣 Canada is a country that has underinvested in its military that quite literally would get invaded by a foreign country were it not for the umbrella of protection provided by the United States of America. And so how does Canada actually respond to that? By treating the people of Maine fairly? No. They apply ridiculous tariffs and other non-tariff duties on Maine products coming into Canada, and they don’t expect Maine or anybody else to fight back. We’re sick of that. We are actually going to fight back against unfair trade practices whether it’s coming from China or Canada. Now, let me just give you a very, very simple and concrete example. If you buy dairy, cheese, butter, milk that comes from Canada into Maine, you probably are buying a product that has 0% tariffs on it. And by the way, if Canada applied 0%, that would be one thing. But you know, if a Maine farmer sends dairy products into Canada, they could be paying as much as a 250% tariff. Now, how is it fair to the farmers of Maine that they pay 250% when the Canadian farmers pay nothing? That unfairness is something that we just have to fix. And here’s what happened with the most recent round of negotiations. They’re still ongoing, and I want to be respectful of the process. But we know that Canada allows itself to be used as a backdoor for Chinese goods. They treat Chinese goods more fairly than they do the goods that come from the people of Maine. It’s insanity. And what we’ve said to Canada is stop it. Apply a basic principle of fairness to the trade that you’re doing between North Dakota and Canada, between Maine and Canada. And what happened at the very end is they came in with a bunch of unreasonable last-minute demands. I frankly thought we had a deal. I think that we should have a deal. But I think that we need to send a message loud and clear to the Prime Minister of Canada. STOP taking advantage of the people of Maine. Stop taking advantage of America. It’s over. We expect fairness in our trade policy." WELL SAID!

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