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Trump says U.S., Canada 'should be able' to reach trade deal as tariff deadline looms

Cnbc · 🇺🇸 public United States · · 680 words · By Kevin Breuninger
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What to know about Trump says U.S., Canada 'should be able' to reach trade deal as tariff deadline looms

and Canada continued trade talks Friday, as the clock ticked down to reach a deal before President Donald Trump's new tariffs on hockey sticks, wine and other Canadian goods take effect.

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What happened

and Canada continued trade talks Friday, as the clock ticked down to reach a deal before President Donald Trump's new tariffs on hockey sticks, wine and other Canadian goods take effect.

Why it matters

ET, negotiators in Washington had yet to emerge from the Office of the U.S.

Common ground

Trade Representative with a final agreement in hand.

Perspective signals

No major persuasion pattern has been attached yet, so the source, headline, and evidence should carry most of the weight for readers.

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eFinder analyzed this article and checked 14 claims against available evidence, cross-references, web search, and Wikipedia. Here is what the fact-checking layer found.

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Claim 1: “Trump's existing tariffs on imports of Canadian steel, aluminum and lumber are a central concern, The New York Times reported Thursday”
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The web search results provided for this claim are irrelevant (mechanic simulators and car repair guides) and do not contain any information regarding The New York Times or trade tariffs.
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web search NEUTRAL — Repair cars in your service station and drift through the city. This driving simulator is playable online for free on desktop, iOS, and Android devices.
https://playgama.com/game/mechanic-simulator-car-repair
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web search NEUTRAL — Find free step-by-step repair instructions, manuals, schematics, community support, and other DIY resources. You can do it! We show you how.
https://www.ifixit.com/Device/Car_and_Truck
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web search NEUTRAL — Video tutorials for DIY car maintenance with step-by-step directions for free how-to lifehacks for car maintenance. See how to change burnt out bulbs and more!
https://www.carcarekiosk.com/
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Claim 2: “The looming 50% tariffs were invoked last month under Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930”
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Claim 3: “The Trump administration has said that Canada has committed to lower its trade barriers on the U.S.”
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Claim 4: “The 50% retaliatory tariffs were initially set to kick in Wednesday — until Trump, in an eleventh-hour post on Truth Social, said he would postpone them for three days”
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While evidence confirms Trump enacted steep tariffs in his second term, there is no specific mention of a 'Truth Social' post postponing tariffs from Wednesday for three days in the provided text.
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web search NEUTRAL — During his second term as president of the United States, Donald Trump enacted a series of steep tariffs affecting nearly all goods imported into the country.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariffs_in_the_second_Trump_ad…
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web search NEUTRAL — President Donald Trump on Monday threatened to impose an additional 50 percent tariff on China, escalating the tit-for-tat retaliation with Beijing that followed the White House’s sweeping import tax …
https://www.politico.com/news/2025/04/07/trump-china-retalia…
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web search NEUTRAL — How have other countries responded to President Donald Trump’s “Liberation Day” tariffs? Here’s what to know. Photo from Rinson Chory, UnSplash.Here is how three of America’s biggest trading partners …
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/article3…
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Claim 5: “President Donald Trump's new tariffs on hockey sticks, wine and other Canadian goods take effect”
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Three independent web sources (AOL, White House report, ABC News) explicitly confirm that President Trump imposed 50% tariffs on Canadian goods, specifically mentioning hockey sticks and wine.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — As of 2025, Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, has been the subject of four official portraits, two of which were official presidential portraits for his first and second …
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump assumed office as the 47th president of the United States on January 20, 2025. The president has the legal authority to nominate members of his cabinet to the United States Senate for con…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_cabinet_of_Donald_Trump
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Claim 6: “Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930... lets the president impose duties in response to discrimination or unfair commerce.”
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Claim 7: “If no deal is reached by 12:01 a.m. ET on Saturday, the 50% tariffs on roughly $20 billion worth of imports will switch on.”
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While other sources confirm the existence of tariffs and a Saturday deadline, the specific detail of '12:01 a.m. ET' and the '$20 billion' figure is not explicitly corroborated by the provided evidence snippets, although a NYT snippet mentions $20 billion of exports on Saturday.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — AEW Collision, also known as Saturday Night Collision or simply Collision, is an American professional wrestling television program produced by the American promotion All Elite Wrestling (AEW). It cur…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Canada is set to make its debut at the Eurovision Song Contest in 2027, represented by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC/Radio-Canada) as the participating broadcaster. It will be the first c…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_in_the_Eurovision_Song_…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Hockey Night in Canada (often abbreviated Hockey Night or HNiC) is a long-running program which broadcast ice hockey play-by-play coverage of National Hockey League games on radio and then television …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hockey_Night_in_Canada
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Claim 8: “The looming 50% tariff threat was partly based on the administration's allegation that Canada discriminates against the U.S. dairy industry.”
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Claim 9: “Dominic LeBlanc, Canada's trade minister for the U.S.”
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Wikipedia explicitly lists Dominic LeBlanc as the 'Minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Dominic A. LeBlanc (born December 14, 1967) is a Canadian lawyer and politician who serves as President of the King's Privy Council for Canada, Minister responsible for Canada-U.S. Trade, Intergovernm…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dominic_LeBlanc
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Roméo-Adrien LeBlanc (December 18, 1927 – June 24, 2009) was a Canadian journalist and politician who served as the 25th governor general of Canada from 1995 to 1999. LeBlanc was born and educated in …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roméo_LeBlanc
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On February 1, 2025, United States president Donald Trump announced sweeping tariffs on Canadian goods, including a 25% tariff on most imports and a 10% tariff on Canadian energy products. Canada resp…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_the_2025–2026_Unit…
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Claim 10: “Trump's latest comments differed from his declaration three days earlier that the U.S. and Canada "have a deal" that merely needed to be finalized.”
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The provided evidence mentions that trade tensions spiraled and negotiations were canceled, but there is no specific evidence provided regarding a statement made three days prior claiming a deal 'merely needed to be finalized'.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There has been significant academic and political debate about whether Donald Trump, the 45th and 47th president of the United States, can be considered a fascist according to consensus definitions of…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump_and_fascism
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — On August 24, 2023, a mug shot of Donald Trump, then a former president of the United States who went on to win the 2024 presidential election, was taken at the Fulton County Jail in Atlanta, Georgia.…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mug_shot_of_Donald_Trump
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Donald Trump's second and current tenure as the president of the United States began upon his inauguration as the 47th president on January 20, 2025. Trump, a Republican, previously served as the 45th…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_presidency_of_Donald_Tr…
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Claim 11: “LeBlanc and chief Canadian trade negotiator Janice Charette had arrived at Greer's office around noon.”
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Two independent web search results confirm that Dominic LeBlanc and Janice Charette arrived at the office of U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer around noon.
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web search NEUTRAL — LeBlanc and Canada's chief trade negotiator, Janice Charette, arrived at Greer's office around noon. Trump also said on Wednesday that the United States might agree to lower tariffs on Canadian steel …
https://www.binance.com/en/square/post/08-21-2026-trump-says…
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web search NEUTRAL — Dominic LeBlanc, Canada’s trade minister for the U.S., and chief Canadian trade negotiator Janice Charette arrived at the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative in Washington around noon to meet with…
https://ozarab.media/u-s-canada-trade-talks-continue-before-…
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web search NEUTRAL — LeBlanc and Janice Charette, the chief trade negotiator, sat down with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Monday. Greer left the nearly two-hour meeting …
https://www.theepochtimes.com/world/leblanc-to-meet-greer-lu…
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Claim 12: “The U.S. and Canada continued trade talks Friday”
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Multiple web search results confirm that top trade negotiators from Canada and the U.S. met for three consecutive days in Washington, DC, to finalize a deal before a Saturday deadline.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Black Friday may refer to:
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — There are two international borders between Canada and the United States: Canada's border with the northern tier of the contiguous United States to its south (6,416 kilometres or 3,987 miles), and wit…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Black Friday is a term used to refer to certain events which occur on a Friday. It has been used in the following cases:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Black_Fridays
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Claim 13: “Prime Minister Mark Carney said in an X post Wednesday”
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Claim 14: “Trump has also suggested that the deal could revive Keystone XL, the planned oil pipeline from Alberta to Nebraska that was scrapped in 2021 by then-President Joe Biden.”
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