00:00US President Donald Trump escalated his trade war against Canada, banning imports of alcohol and other goods and hiking tariffs
00:08elsewhere, with the dispute showing no sign of cooling.
00:12A range of Canadian products, from mattresses to motorboats and golf carts, will face a 50% surcharge from 50
00:18in September, according to Trump's executive order issued late on Tuesday.
00:22A separate import ban targeting various alcoholic beverages, as well as dairy products such as whey, will take effect on
00:2929 September, under other executive orders issued simultaneously.
00:34Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney stood firm, acknowledging that loosening economic ties with the United States would come at a
00:41cost, but insisting the benefits would outweigh the pain in the long run.
00:45Canada's retaliatory tariffs came into effect earlier on Tuesday, applying to roughly $20 billion of Washington's exports, including steel and
00:54aluminum products and dairy goods like cheese, in response to Trump's initial 22 August levies.
01:01Carney stressed in a video address to the nation that Canada has everything it needs to pivot and prosper.
01:07Responding to their latest counter, Trump pledged to bar Canadian companies from securing US government contracts.
01:13He also threatened to cut short existing long-term deals, including removing Canadian origin products from the General Services Administration's
01:21Multiple Award Schedules Program.
01:23Those contracts, according to Trump, account for more than $50 billion a year.
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