President Donald Trump accused Canada on Sunday of imposing «huge tariffs» on U.S. farmers for years and said that situation has come to an end.

Why it matters: The statement escalates a trade dispute that has already led to U.S. tariffs of 50% and an equivalent response announced by Canada.

«Canada wants the benefits of being a state, without being one!!!», Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform during the early morning hours.

Trump’s Tariffs on Canada: «It’s Over!»

The president added that Canada has imposed «huge tariffs» on U.S. farmers for years and ended his message with a warning: «It’s over!!!».

The information provided does not detail which specific tariffs prompted the president’s accusation or quantify their impact on U.S. producers.

The fact: This is Trump’s first public reaction after trade talks between Washington and Ottawa failed.

The statement came a day after new U.S. tariffs of 50% on about $20 billion in Canadian products took effect.

Trump has justified these measures as a response to what he considers «continued discrimination» and «unequal treatment» of U.S. trade.

Canada Promises to Respond «Dollar for Dollar»

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney responded by announcing that Ottawa will match the new U.S. tariffs «dollar for dollar» starting September 8.

Carney called the conditions that Washington added in the final hours before the deadline to reach an agreement «unacceptable».

The response: Canada will focus its retaliatory measures on steel, dairy products, appliances, agricultural machinery, pasta, paper, and electronics.

The prime minister considers the new U.S. tariffs to be «a miscalculation» and stated that they were designed to harm and divide Canadians.

Both sides offer different versions of who caused the failure of the negotiations, according to Efe.

Washington Blames Canada for the Failure of the Agreement

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer held Canada responsible and said that its negotiators rejected closing an agreement under previously agreed-upon terms.

Greer maintained that Washington had offered to reduce tariffs on sensitive products for Canada, including steel, automobiles, and lumber.

«They have always had the best conditions,» Greer told Fox News, before ensuring that Canada would have received an even better deal with the agreement.

The dispute: Carney claims that Washington incorporated unacceptable conditions at the end; the United States asserts that Canada rejected terms that had already been negotiated.

No New Conversations with Canada Are Planned

For now, the possibility of an immediate solution seems limited. Greer ensured that «there are no new conversations planned with the Canadians».

The official described the new tariffs as «countermeasures» after what he called «a year of Canadian retaliations» against Trump’s trade policies.

What’s next: Canada plans to begin its retaliatory measures on September 8, while Washington maintains its new 50% tariffs.

The dispute deepens the deterioration of a bilateral relationship already strained since Trump’s return to the White House and his repeated references to Canada as the «51st state» of the United States, an idea rejected by Ottawa.