BY TYLER DURDEN
MONDAY, JAN 26, 2026 – 09:45 AM
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada has "no intention" of pursuing a free trade deal with China, after Donald Trump threatened to slap a 100% tariff on Canadian exports if Ottawa "makes a deal" with Beijing.
This flew up Donald Trump’s ass sideways, who issued a response on Truth Social Saturday:
“If Governor Carney thinks he is going to make Canada a ‘Drop Off Port’ for China to send goods and products into the United States, he is sorely mistaken. China will eat Canada alive, completely devour it, including the destruction of their businesses, social fabric, and general way of life,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social on the morning of Jan. 24.
“If Canada makes a deal with China, it will immediately be hit with a 100% Tariff against all Canadian goods and products coming into the U.S.A. Thank you for your attention to this matter!”
Trump’s reference to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney as “Governor” marks a return to the relations the U.S. president had with Carney’s predecessor, former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, using the title to reflect his view that Canada should be part of the United States.
Meanwhile, on the sidelines of the WEF, Trump said that "Canada gets a lot of freebies from us. By the way, they should be grateful also, but they’re not,” adding, "Canada lives because of the United States. Remember that, Mark, the next time you make your statements."
Carney ‘Clarifies’
So on Sunday, Carney told reporters that Canada respects its obligations under the Canada-US-Mexico trade agreement (CUSMA / USMCA), and will not pursue a free trade agreement without notifying the other two parties.
"What we have done with China is to rectify some issues that have developed in the last couple of years,” adding that the deal was “entirely consistent with CUSMA," he said.
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