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Jamieson Greer: “No one has retaliated against us except China and Canada.”

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U.S. Trade Rep. Jamieson Greer: 'Expect action soon' on sweeping new tariffs

Published July 21, 2026 | Video Starts at 03:55

We're protecting our steel and aluminum. Other countries are taking similar actions to protect their steel products. So the types of things we're doing are overdue. So No one has retaliated against us except China and Canada. So we're taking a targeted measure to counter that retaliation. So the, you know, Mark Carney said, the Prime Minister said that the new tariffs are the latest in a series of unilateral U.S. trade actions that do violate the USMCA. (03:55–03:58)

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Asserts that only China and Canada have retaliated against U.S. trade actions.

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“The President elected not to renew USMCA.”
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“Canada banned the sale of U.S. liquor and other booze on Canadian shelves.”
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“In April of 2025, the President embarked on a new trade policy designed at reshoring manufacturing production to the United States.”
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“Of all the countries who retaliated against the United States, one was the People's Republic of China, and the other was Canada.”
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“They give other countries better deals on each of these three issues [liquor, autos, dairy].”
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“The prohibition on wine and spirits, that's again, that's not permitted under our trade agreements.”
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“The United States, we're very competitive in dairy production in cheese.”
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“The Canadians made a commitment to us under the USMCA to allow us access under certain types of quotas.”
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“Canada continues to maintain limited space for market access for US Dairy.”
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“They have said you can only sell essentially to co-ops which are owned by Canadian dairy farmers.”
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“With Canada, [the trade deficit] has gone down over the past year.”
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“With Mexico, [the trade deficit] has gone up.”
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“The trade deficit globally has gone down.”
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“We've seen lines, production lines come from Canada back to the US.”
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“We're seeing Toyota and others move from Mexico to the U.S.”
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“The United States won in a big way [in a World Trade Organization dispute about unfair subsidies with the European Union].”
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“We can't accept a situation where companies don't have to operate under market-based systems.”
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“We know that [China] subsidizes energy production that's going into their AI.”
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“China is our key competitor in the world on [artificial intelligence].”
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“We have always had trade issues with Canada.”
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“The American people, they don't want offshoring.”
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“Canada capped and limited the amount of autos that could be shipped to the United States from companies reshoring to the US.”
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“We fundamentally disagree on NAFTA.”
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“The US has laws to prohibit trading goods with forced labor.”
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“It covers 60 countries, 60 and about 99% of our trade.”
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“The EU will say we have a law, enforced labor. And while that's true, it doesn't come into effect for another year and a half.”
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“It does cover 60 countries because it's such a prominent problem in the world.”
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