Why Carney Isn’t Rushing Back to the Negotiating Table (Gift Article)

🍊 may expect tariff pain to force Canada back to the table. Polling points the other way: 73% want Ottawa to refuse difficult concessions, 41% would wait until after U.S. midterms, and Carney’s approval is 62%. Pressure is buying him room, not compliance. ➷ www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/w...

Why Carney Isn’t Rushing Back to the Negotiating Table www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/w...

Make it make sense: “Mr. Trump’s 50 percent tariffs were themselves partly retaliation for tariffs Canada imposed last year, after Mr. Trump placed levies of up to 50 percent on Canadian steel, aluminum and autos — a move that violated the free trade agreement between the two countries and Mexico”

www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/w...

The move was Prime Minister Mark Carney’s answer to the 50 percent tariffs Mr. Trump imposed after trade talks between the two countries collapsed last month. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/12/w...