Mark Slapinski - July 31, 2026


US Trade Unions Side With Carney Over Trump


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00:00:00.000 trump's trade policies towards canada are so bad that major american unions are calling him out
00:00:05.680 this is another one for carney another huge loss for trump as the trade war between canada and
00:00:11.440 the united states escalates trump is threatening to impose additional 50 tariffs on canadian
00:00:17.200 products this is an incomplete violation of the trade agreement he signed with canada during his
00:00:21.840 first term and it's not just canadians that are unhappy with us no even major american unions are
00:00:28.000 pushing back against this, this latest round of tariffs. Let's watch this clip from CTV together
00:00:33.300 and then I'll explain what's going on later in the video. An unexpected assist to Canada at a time
00:00:39.920 of challenging trade negotiations. The United Steelworkers International based in Washington
00:00:45.400 and the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers have sent a letter to
00:00:51.200 Donald Trump's powerful trade representative. Now they are urging Jameson Greer to back off on
00:00:57.500 tariffs, but using nicer language, of course. CTV's Washington Bureau Chief Joy Malvin is with
00:01:02.980 us now. Okay, Joy, let's start with that letter, what it says, and why it's so important.
00:01:09.220 Yeah, Sandy, these are powerful union voices, and they're lobbying for Canada.
00:01:14.120 Now, as you said, that letter is addressed to Jameson Greer and the U.S. Trade Representative,
00:01:18.320 and they are using nice language, yet urging him and the Trump administration to reconsider those
00:01:24.320 punishing tariffs on Canadian goods. Now, the unions argue that Canada is the wrong target,
00:01:29.180 that the real rival is China and unfair trade practices. Now, for these unions to publicly
00:01:35.040 make the case for Canada, well, it really strengthens the argument that manufacturing
00:01:39.340 is deeply integrated and that these tariffs are only going to hurt both sides of the border.
00:01:44.340 Here's what the United Steelworkers International president told me.
00:01:47.740 For so long, we have the strategic economic and defense relationship with.
00:01:55.000 And it's been a bit confounding to us as an international union whose members are on both
00:02:01.200 sides of the border. Why we as the United States have been targeting really a country that's been
00:02:10.020 our best friend in so many ways instead of going after bad actors.
00:02:15.340 unions that protect american workers are literally calling trump out on live television they're
00:02:20.140 begging him to de-escalate this trade war and if trump had any sense he'd end this trade war
00:02:25.500 immediately regardless of how trump and his administration have tried to spin this
00:02:30.220 the trade war with canada has cost americans money a lot of money when trump launched his
00:02:35.900 trade war with canada he ended up making products more expensive for americans tariffs are a tax
00:02:42.380 that are paid by the importing country is essentially an import tax so whenever a product
00:02:46.860 comes in from canada to the united states it's more expensive trump seems to falsely believe
00:02:53.340 that when he puts tariffs on canada it's canada that pays the tax that's not true either he 0.99
00:02:58.540 doesn't understand how tariffs work or he thinks his followers are stupid it's not just the unions 0.98
00:03:04.220 that are opposed to the tariffs large corporations previously complained about this last year the ceo 0.98
00:03:10.060 of walmart was begging trump to remove the tariffs on canada and other countries and that's because
00:03:14.860 it raised the cost of products republicans are famous for promising to help the little guy when
00:03:19.660 running for office but then as soon as they get into power they do the complete opposite
00:03:24.460 however it appears that trump he isn't even helping the big guys with his tariffs usually 0.99
00:03:29.020 republican politicians are pro-business with trump he's just pro-stupidity trump's trade 0.97
00:03:34.220 war with canada has not just led to higher prices but it has weakened america's standing in the 0.97
00:03:39.260 world the foundation of any trading relationship is trust if you can't trust your trading partner
00:03:44.700 you don't have a relationship america is once seen as a reliable trading partner worldwide
00:03:49.980 but a lot of people are now asking if trump is willing to betray canada who else is he going to
00:03:54.860 betray next countries all over the world particularly in europe have started to rethink
00:03:59.580 the relationship to the united states trump supporters they falsely believe that the whole
00:04:04.300 world revolves around America. But in reality, America needs the rest of the world. If the whole
00:04:09.480 world decided to stop trading with the United States, its economy would collapse and Americans 0.50
00:04:13.980 would enjoy a much, much worse standard of living. The irony of Trump's trade war with Canada and the
00:04:19.540 rest of the world was that it was a complete waste of time. It accomplished nothing. There is no good
00:04:25.140 argument in favor of the trade war. Right-wing drifters, especially in Canada, they put all the
00:04:29.400 blame on Mark Carney for the mess, but they never look at Trump. If Trump is such a master
00:04:33.800 negotiator, why hasn't he been able to get a deal with Canada? Why does he get a free pass to do as
00:04:39.180 he pleases while all the blame falls on Carney? The fact of the matter is that these people are
00:04:43.580 disingenuous and they rather support a foreign leader hell-bent on destroying Canada's economy
00:04:48.400 than just acknowledge that Carney is doing the best he can given the circumstances.
00:04:53.160 Trump's bad policies are hurting Americans. While Canada might suffer in the short term,
00:04:57.420 we're going to come out victorious in the long term. Carney's building bridges. Trump is burning
00:05:02.460 them down. Thanks for tuning in. Talk to you next time. And I want to remind you, this video was
00:05:08.340 made 100% without the help of artificial intelligence. This was made by real people for real people.