President Donald Trump said Wednesday that Canada wants a trade agreement with the United States, but his administration remains dissatisfied with the terms, insisting that cars now made across the border should instead be produced in the United States.
"Canada would like to make a deal, but we’re not satisfied," Trump told reporters when asked about former Rep. Mike Rogers calling for an end to the trade war with Canada.
Rogers, the Republican nominee for U.S. Senate in Michigan, has posted a new advertisementcalling to "end this tariff war.
Here in Michigan, we know that Canada is not our enemy," he said. "We need to end this tariff war — now. As Michigan’s senator, I’ll bring both parties together to lower your prices. That’s job number one."
Trump said he interpreted Rogers’ comments as a call for Canada to reach an agreement, rather than criticism of his administration’s approach.
"I viewed him as saying that he thinks Canada should make a deal," Trump said.
The president accused Canada of benefiting from an unequal trading relationship for years, pointing to tariffs on American dairy products and what he described as annual U.S. trade losses of $80 billion to $90 billion.
"They’ve been charging tremendous tariffs, one-way tariffs, 400% on dairy products and other things," Trump said.
Trump maintained that Canada depends much more heavily on access to American customers than the United States depends on Canadian trade.
"We don’t need Canada for anything," he said. "You know they do 95% of their business with us. We do very little with them by comparison."
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https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/donald-trump-canada-tariffs/2026/10/07/id/1272037/