Canada-US Trade Talks

Canada's trade minister Dominic LeBlanc said negotiators 'have more work to do' as he left a meeting with US counterparts ahead of a midnight deadline to finalise a tentative trade deal with the Trump administration.

'We're going to continue working up until the last minute,' he told reporters in Washington on Friday evening. 'Our job is not finished.'

Negotiators have until Friday night to hammer out the details of the deal or risk a fresh wave of additional US tariffs on a wide range of Canadian goods.

LeBlanc spent some eight hours in meetings with US trade representative Jamieson Greer and other negotiators - one of the longest sessions so far as talks go down to the wire.

'We should be able to have a deal with Canada. We're also starting on a new deal with Mexico. A much better deal for the United States,' he told reporters on Friday.

The full framework of the deal has yet to be made public, but details leaked to several media outlets suggest the US will agree to reduce tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminium from 50% to 25%, and tariffs on Canadian automobiles from 25% to 15%.

Canada's 'powerful' dairy sector is in Trump's trade crosshairs. Hours before the deadline, President Donald Trump did not say whether a definitive deal had been agreed, but that it was 'moving along'.

'We should be able to have a deal with Canada,' he told reporters on Friday.

Canada could lose 90,000 jobs if the new tariffs were implemented, according to estimates in an analysis published on Thursday by Trevor Tombe, a Calgary-based economist.

The mixed reaction so far is a glimpse of the task ahead for Prime Minister Carney after he campaigned on a tough 'elbows-up' approach to dealing with Trump.

Canada's trade minister Dominic LeBlanc said negotiators 'have more work to do' as he left a meeting with US counterparts ahead of a midnight deadline to finalise a tentative trade deal with the Trump administration.

We're going to continue working up until the last minute, our job is not finished. Negotiators have until Friday night to hammer out the details of the deal or risk a fresh wave of additional US tariffs on a wide range of Canadian goods.

Details leaked to several media outlets suggest the US will agree to reduce tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminium from 50% to 25%, and tariffs on Canadian automobiles from 25% to 15.

Canada's 'powerful' dairy sector is in Trump's trade crosshairs. Hours before the deadline, President Donald Trump did not say whether a definitive deal had been agreed, but that it was 'moving along.'

We should be able to have a deal with Canada. We're also starting on a new deal with Mexico. A much better deal for the United States.

Canada could lose 90,000 jobs if the new tariffs were implemented, according to estimates in an analysis published on Thursday by Trevor Tombe, a Calgary-based economist.

The mixed reaction so far is a glimpse of the task ahead for Prime Minister Carney after he campaigned on a tough 'elbows-up' approach to dealing with Trump. Polls suggest a majority of Canadians would be unhappy if the Carney government made significant concessions to the US, with 56% surveyed by polling firm Leger saying they wanted Canada to take a hardline approach.

In a leaked audio recording reported by the Canadian Press, US Vice-President JD Vance told attendees at a private fundraiser on Wednesday that Carney has tried to 'out-tough Donald Trump' in trade talks. It's hilarious because Carney presents this as some victory for Canada when fundamentally, like, they climb down on a lot of issues.

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Canada's trade minister Dominic LeBlanc said negotiators 'have more work to do' as he left a meeting with US counterparts ahead of a midnight deadline to finalise a tentative trade deal with the Trump administration.

We're going to continue working up until the last minute, our job is not finished. Negotiators have until Friday night to hammer out the details of the deal or risk a fresh