PJ The Belt - April 25, 2026


The U.S. Just Hit A Breaking Point With Canada

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Scheinbaum Greer Mark Carney Carney
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Learn English with Honourable Congressman Peter Roskam joins me to talk about the latest trade tensions between Canada and the United States. We discuss the impact of the Canadian Prime Minister's recent comments on USMCA negotiations, the impact on the Canadian economy, and the need for Canada to be more like a grown-up.

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00:00:00.640 The days of our military sending 70 cents of every dollar to the United States are over.
00:00:17.980 Many of our former strengths, based on our close ties to America, have become our weaknesses.
00:00:23.840 from the united states uh understanding their position uh understand where uh it's in canada's
00:00:30.100 interest uh when are in our joint interests uh to be stronger together we're dealing with a child
00:00:37.800 that's pretty much what the americans are saying about mark carney and it looks like they just
00:00:42.380 ran out of patience for canada and the liberal government altogether and honestly who can blame
00:00:47.500 them american officials are calling out the prime minister of canada for sabotaging his own economy
00:00:53.180 and not acting like an adult when it comes to negotiating with the United States,
00:00:57.760 which over 60% of Canada's industries depend on, by the way,
00:01:02.880 U.S. officials are not sugarcoating it anymore.
00:01:05.480 And it looks like all we have in the horizon is economic pain, thanks to the liberals.
00:01:13.680 I think having some discipline on reminding folks how valuable it is,
00:01:19.720 there really is no other choice.
00:01:20.880 What I'll say is that the countries that are led by serious leaders, and I'll say President
00:01:26.480 Scheinbaum is a serious leader in Mexico.
00:01:28.660 When we came in and we were talking, Ambassador Greer was just there, we're talking to Mexico
00:01:32.560 about this, and the president has spoken directly about this.
00:01:37.060 They have been very serious.
00:01:38.480 Look, we know the United States is our most important economic partner, that it is the
00:01:44.260 policy of President Scheinbaum that the United States and Mexico will have a positive economic
00:01:48.760 relationship. And that we know that we'll have some friction and we'll have to figure it out,
00:01:52.820 but we're going to figure it out, right? This is the bottom line. There are other economies
00:01:56.920 who decided to make it personal. And, you know, I think Carney has made it personal. I think it's
00:02:03.780 political malpractice for the prime minister of a Canadian, you know, of Canada to pit politically
00:02:12.120 himself against any president. I don't care what the president is, who the president is, what party
00:02:16.240 they represent its political malpractice. Canada is dependent upon the U.S. economy. That's just
00:02:21.700 a fact. That's not hubris. That's not something that Canada needs to be concerned about. It's
00:02:27.420 not something Canada can change. The fundamental fact is geography wins out. Canada is located
00:02:33.740 where it's located. They can't move shop. They can have a weak economy that is underperforming
00:02:41.040 and not doing well, and Carney can feel superior, or they can have an economy that participates
00:02:46.980 with, as a partner of the US economy, and Carney can do what a grown-up should do, which
00:02:51.620 is figure out, figure it out, and come like President Scheinbaum and decide that the United
00:02:57.180 States and Canada will have a positive economic relationship, and it's my job as a person
00:03:00.800 who's supposed to protect Canadian jobs, Canadian citizens, and the Canadian economy to not
00:03:04.940 let my ego and my feelings dictate what's best for my own economy.
00:03:13.180 That's a very powerful statement. Do you think that this will have implications for USMCA,
00:03:17.900 for the negotiations between the US, Mexico, and Canada?
00:03:20.540 Yeah, of course it does. You can't, right? Not. Like, look, was Ambassador Greer in Canada?
00:03:25.580 Did he meet with Carney? No. Was he in Mexico on Monday? Did he meet with President Scheinbaum? Yes.
00:03:30.160 uh we you know we have issues with mexico we're still working through but but mexico intends on
00:03:35.440 coming to an agreement with us we intend on coming to agreement with them the grown-ups are in the
00:03:40.880 room talking because there's a there's a grown-up in in the presidency in leadership there and i
00:03:45.960 would argue there's not a grown-up in canada in charge there you don't go out of your way to
00:03:51.580 antagonize the leader of the country that you are absolutely existentially tied to it's just
00:03:58.060 political malpractice now for five minutes I would just want to say thank
00:04:01.540 you so much Ambassador Greer for for being here and being so responsive to
00:04:05.800 me and my staff and as you know the top trade issue in my district in northern
00:04:10.960 New York New York 24 is the relationship between the US and Canada from tourism
00:04:16.540 to agricultural markets commodities to wine and manufactured goods it's a huge
00:04:21.400 issue and Canada is a top market for my district however Canada has long
00:04:27.340 discriminated against certain industries in my district, and that is what I want to focus
00:04:30.960 on today.
00:04:31.960 I've got a couple quick things, but let's start with dairy, and we've talked about this
00:04:35.220 before.
00:04:36.220 As you recall, probably my district is the fifth largest dairy-producing district in
00:04:40.200 the entire United States.
00:04:42.340 For years, Canada has rigged their system to prevent U.S. dairy producers from fair
00:04:47.360 access to Canada's markets.
00:04:49.580 This year's National Trade Estimate Report, as every year's report details, Canada's
00:04:54.880 market manipulation and unfair treatment of U.S. producers is still evident. The U.S. has fought
00:05:00.440 for years to gain access to the Canadian dairy market, and yet Canada continues to violate USMCA
00:05:05.580 and the spirit of its dairy commitments. Have you and your team raised these issues with our
00:05:10.740 Canadian counterparts thus far, and have they been constructive in helping all of us resolve this
00:05:16.380 issue with our friend to the north? We have raised it repeatedly and frequently over the past year.
00:05:24.880 Our Canadian counterparts have indicated as a general matter,
00:05:28.100 they're happy to talk to us about adjustments to USMCA and different things like that,
00:05:32.120 but they have made no commitments on this front at this time.
00:05:35.140 Well, that's disappointing.
00:05:36.820 So let's shift to wine, another issue detailed.
00:05:40.200 Every Canadian province, with the exception of Alberta and Saskatchewan,
00:05:44.200 has ceased distribution of U.S. wine and liquor products, including Ontario to the north.
00:05:49.940 This is distorting the market, causing immense harm to our wine producers.
00:05:54.880 in the district and have you and your team raised this issue as well with our Canadian counterparts
00:06:01.040 and have they been trying to help us? Have they been constructive in this issue much like with
00:06:06.160 the dairy issue? Well it's at the provincial level right so we hear from the federal government of
00:06:10.720 Canada well it's the provinces and we do have two provinces who don't have this. That being said I
00:06:16.080 think we're kind of at the end of our rope and just asking for them to do this and think about
00:06:20.400 this way there are two countries that have retaliated economically against the United States
00:06:24.320 in the past year, the People's Republic of China and Canada.
00:06:27.340 So that's kind of the company that they're running in.
00:06:30.020 So my sense is there may have to be an enforcement action
00:06:32.540 to deal with this issue on wine and spirits in Canada.
00:06:35.780 Thank you.
00:06:42.700 We're going to sign.
00:06:54.320 Thank you very much.
00:07:15.000 The question is, well, you can ask me the question in English, if you wish.
00:07:27.000 Should Canada make any more concessions to get to the table with the U.S.?
00:07:29.000 No.
00:07:30.000 And how do you balance them getting you a list?
00:07:32.000 And if you finish that list…
00:07:33.000 No, look, there is a…
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