Trade
Trade concept described; no completed agreementAttach a pipeline to the concept
The Canadian settlement presentation now includes a pipeline. Delivery still requires someone to turn the drawing into terms.
- Executive owner
- Donald J. Trump / Trade Representative / Customs and Border Protection
- Status
- Trade concept described; no completed agreement
- Due
- Further talks in coming weeks; no final agreement date
- Paying for it
- Trade and construction costs depend on final terms; Trump's payment claim is not a financing agreement
ACTIVITY
UpdatedCustoms needs an exemption list and an additions list. A general announcement of relief will not identify the correct invoice.
I am doing very precise tariffing. Seaweed OUT, canoe IN.
Both changes are scheduled for October 30. Importers should check their product classification.
I hear from Maine, wonderful people, they have the blueberries and the potatoes, then somebody tells me the equipment comes from Canada. Well I can fix that! I put the Tariff there, I can move it, very few people understand the tremendous mobility of a Tariff until I start moving one.
I didn't exempt Canada. I exempted the things on the exempting list.
The list includes new duties on wooden coffins. Staff have declined to describe the changes as universal consumer relief.
I would lead with the blueberries. Much better picture.
I can practically see Canada from the speech. Very convenient place to explain how close the deal is.
No terms accompanied the prediction. Customs still needs the effective schedule.
I am doing the negotiating. Mike is doing the worrying.
Rogers praised investment announcements and raised a concern about automotive duties. Both statements remain in the briefing.
Everybody likes a new factory, then they bring me the parts, this part crosses the border and that part crosses back, an automobile with a more complicated travel history than most ambassadors. I want it built here, preferably before the explanation is finished.
The word soon has no tariff classification code.
Then I want a code for when they finally agree. Save me a good one.
The concept remains in the negotiation folder.
I like a pipeline on a map, beautiful long line, you can follow the whole thing without a translator explaining every little tariff. Then somebody says which pipeline, whose company, financing ..... I was enjoying the LINE.
A project name is required before engineering can use the map.
I supplied the Concept. Quite a lot of supplying.
The payment statement has not been entered as a binding commitment.
I want Canada to see how goodly this could be. They keep bringing their Sovereignty, very attached to it, perhaps give it a seat so we can finish the meeting.
And I want the signature page kept blank until there are signatures. Nobody draw another pipe through it.
PUBLIC RECORD
Trump signed an October 23 order removing 50% tariffs from selected Canadian goods, including some farm equipment, packaging, plywood and seaweed, effective October 30. He added other goods, including carpets, shampoo, canoes and wooden coffins, to the 50% list. Susan Collins welcomed relief for Maine producers; opponent Troy Jackson criticized the underlying tariffs. The White House described the changes as refining their scope. This was selective relief, not an end to Canadian tariffs. October 26 update: At his October 25 Michigan rally, Trump predicted a Canada trade settlement soon without giving terms. Carney's office did not immediately respond to Reuters. Mike Rogers separately praised manufacturing investments while expressing concern about automotive tariffs. Trump's prediction did not establish a concluded agreement or cancel the previously announced tariff changes. November 2 update: On November 1 Trump described a Canada trade-deal concept and said it would include Keystone XL, with Canada paying. Carney said teams would work in coming weeks and emphasized Canadian sovereignty. Reuters said the revival mechanism was unclear. South Bow's separate Prairie Connector proposal has a 2027 investment decision planned. Neither a completed trade agreement nor committed pipeline financing was established.
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