Over two weeks of trade talks between the US and Canada collapsed late Friday with the Trump administration moving forward on 50% tariffs on an array of Canadian goods and Canada saying it would match the new duties “dollar for dollar.”

It was a sharp and sudden negative turn in the talks just hours after President Trump told reporters late Friday afternoon that negotiators had “pretty much” struck a deal, even as the talks continued to labor over a series of complex issues.

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