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‘We don’t need Canada’: Trump attempts to increase tariff pressure

Trade deal on table would have cut top-line tariff rate on Canadian cars and light-duty trucks

By David Shepardson, Daphne Psaledakis
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24 Aug 2026, 16:10 UTC
Last checked
25 Aug 2026, 10:12 UTC
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Publisher
The Irish Times
Country
Ireland
Source published
24 Aug 2026, 16:07 UTC
Source updated
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Byline
David Shepardson, Daphne Psaledakis
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Trade deal on table would have cut top-line tariff rate on Canadian cars and light-duty trucks
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    ‘We don’t need Canada’: Trump attempts to increase tariff pressure

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    Trump threatens 50% tariffs on all cars and trucks from Canada amid trade fight

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Capture ID
#2126
Observed
24 Aug 2026, 20:56 UTC
HTTP result
200 / parsed
Raw payload
776,988 bytes, private gzip evidence
Collector
news-ledger/0.1
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metadata and excerpt
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