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Live updates: Canadian retaliatory tariffs loom; Big Tech opposition grows as midterms approach

Monday is the last day before Canada’s “dollar for dollar” retaliatory tariffs are set to go into effect, two weeks after President Trump put 50 percent levies on $27.6 billion worth of Canadian products. There have not been reports of renewed negotiations between the two countries. “Canada’s Dollar imbalance with the U.S. is unacceptable,” Trump…

· 206 words· updated September 7, 2026 at 08:30 AM
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks about Canada’s response to new U.S. tariffs, accompanied by Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc and chief trade negotiator Janice Charette, during a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Aug. 22, 2026.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks about Canada’s response to new U.S. tariffs, accompanied by Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc and chief trade negotiator Janice Charette, during a news conference on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Aug. 22, 2026.

Monday is the last day before Canada’s “dollar for dollar” retaliatory tariffs are set to go into effect, two weeks after President Trump put 50 percent levies on $27.6 billion worth of Canadian products.

There have not been reports of renewed negotiations between the two countries.

“Canada’s Dollar imbalance with the U.S. is unacceptable,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Sunday . “It has been that way for years — but no longer!”

The U.S. is simultaneously continuing to spar with Iran in the Strait of Hormuz, with both countries exchanging vessel strikes over the weekend. Meanwhile, service members on the USS Abraham Lincoln, whose extended deployment sparked controversy due to reports of poor conditions, are finally sailing home after a brief “recharge” in Thailand.

Big Tech is also facing some of its fiercest resistance yet from Americans finding rare common ground over the technology industry’s growing footprint across the country.

From protests over data centers and AI-powered surveillance cameras to landmark verdicts against social media platforms, backlash against Big Tech is reaching a fever pitch, in both political parties. Insiders can read more here .

The president on Monday set to return to Washington from his golf club in Bedminster, N.J., after the long weekend.

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