The David Lin Report · Tuesday, September 8, 2026
Key reasons for the failure of Canada-US trade negotiations reportedly include Canada's reluctance to accept permanent auto tariffs and provisions that would require US approval for Canada's trade agreements with other countries, particularly concerning potential deals with South American nations like Brazil and Argentina.
“First, it was accepting, uh, a degree of permanence of, I believe about 15% on tariffs of a wide variety of autos that would have been manufactured in Canada.”
“Another were provisions around, uh, Canada committing not to enact trade agreements with other countries around the world without first, uh, having approval or consultations or something with the United States, which is, uh, something that is not usually a feature of trade agreements and would constrain the government's ability to, uh, reach deals with others.”
“And there are a wide variety of they're currently ongoing. I think some of the most significant involve South America, Brazil and Argentina in particular through Mercosur.”