Tracy Mumford
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Today on the Daily, the behind the scenes story of how high stakes tariffs negotiations between the US and Canada collapsed, and what the escalating trade war between the two countries could look like now.
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You can listen to that in the New York Times app or wherever you get your podcasts.
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I'm Tracy Mumford, we'll be back tomorrow.
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From the New York Times, it's the headlines.
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I'm Tracy Mumford.
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Today's Monday, August 24th.
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Here's what we're covering.
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In a forceful speech this weekend, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said his country was now quote at war with the U.S.
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after trade talks fell apart, and the White House put in place new fifty percent tariffs on billions of dollars in Canadian goods.
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All of last week, US and Canadian negotiators had been working to hash out a new trade agreement following President Trump's latest tariff threats.
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And Trump even extended his deadline a few days, saying a deal was close.
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But Kearney said that in addition to disagreements about the tariffs themselves, US negotiators made other last-minute demands that he found unacceptable, including trying to force Canada to roll back its efforts to
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Promote French, which is an official language in the country.
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The new tariffs affect a relatively small proportion of US Canada trade, but they will hit a wide range of goods, everything from dairy products to plywood, which could drive up US construction costs.
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In Canada, according to one estimate, some 90,000 jobs could be lost because of the levies, and Kearney vowed to retaliate dollar for dollar on American goods starting next month.
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Now two more quick updates on the administration.
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The Defense Department has fired the publisher and editor-in-chief of the government-funded military news outlet Stars and Stripes, along with one of its Middle East correspondents.
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The firings came less than two weeks after Stars and Stripes reported on the hardships that sailors have been facing on the USS Abraham Lincoln, the aircraft carrier that's been deployed for months longer than anticipated.
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According to the editor-in-chief, his termination notice cited insubordination as well as an unauthorized media appearance.
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He and the Middle East correspondent had recently gone on TV to talk about accusations that the outlet's editorial independence has been undermined by the Trump administration.
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