“Jamieson Greer said that Canada introduced new demands and withdrew from previously agreed commitments during the final hours of the August 2026 Canada–United States trade negotiations.”

"Despite the US offer to Canada to benefit from the best possible treatment granted to any major exporter to our market, new demands and reversals by Canada regarding other commitments have upset the fragile balance achieved in recent days," Ambassador Greer said.

“Tonight, Canada declined to finalize the trade deal under the terms agreed earlier this week. Despite the U.S. offer to Canada to receive the best treatment of any major exporter to our market, new demands and walk backs of other commitments by Canada have upended the careful balance reached in the past days,” U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said in a statement read to reporters on a press call shortly before midnight.

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Friday that Canada declined to finalize terms agreed to earlier in the week, accusing Ottawa of making new demands and walking back previous commitments. … "Tonight [Friday], Canada declined to finalize the trade deal under the terms agreed earlier this week," Greer said in a statement. "Despite the U.S. offer to Canada to receive the best treatment of any major exporter to our market, new demands and walk backs of other commitments by Canada have upended the careful balance reached in the past days."

In an interview with CBC News, U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the Canadian side had new requests when his counterpart, Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc, returned from Ottawa after the tentative deal was struck on Aug. 18. … "When [LeBlanc] came back, they had some additional views. They had some additional requests. They had some additional things that were too much for the United States."

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer on Monday said Canada was responsible for the collapse of trade deal negotiations last week, telling CNBC that Ottawa changed its demands at the eleventh hour. … "Then we set about to finalize it, and then in the last hours, I think there were things that the Canadians just — you know, they wanted more," he said.

“Canada declined to finalize the trade deal under the terms agreed earlier this week, despite the U.S. offer to Canada to receive the best treatment of any major exporter to our market,” Greer said in a statement. “New demands and walk backs of other commitments by Canada have upended the careful balance reached in the past days.”

As talks collapsed Friday, Carney said Canada's negotiators had been directed to return to Ottawa and that Canada would match U.S. tariffs "dollar for dollar." Greer, for his part, posted on X$TWTR at the time that "new demands and walk backs of other commitments by Canada" had "upended the careful balance reached in the past days."

And when they came back, they had some additional views, they had some additional requests, they had some additional things that were too much for the United States. It wasn't something we could do at the time.

On the American side, it is argued that it was Canada that insisted on last-minute changes. According to a source familiar with the talks, on the final day of negotiations, the Canadians pushed to reduce a previously agreed floor on automotive tariffs from 7% to zero, and demanded lower tariffs on products made of steel and aluminum.

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, in a post on X early Saturday morning, that "Canada declined to finalize the trade deal under the terms agreed earlier this week."

“Canada declined to finalize the trade deal under the terms agreed earlier this week, despite the U.S. offer to Canada to receive the best treatment of any major exporter to our market,” Greer said in a statement. “New demands and walk backs of other commitments by Canada have upended the careful balance reached in the past days.”

“Despite the U.S. offer to Canada to receive the best treatment of any major exporter to our market, new demands and walk-backs of other commitments by Canada have upended the careful balance reached in the past days,” said Greer.

A statement posted on social media on Friday night by U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer blamed Canada for the breakdown. … “Despite the U.S. offer to Canada to receive the best treatment of any major exporter to our market, new demands and walk backs of other commitments by Canada have upended the careful balance reached in the past days,” Greer’s statement reads.

The US Trade Representative, Jamieson Greer, accuses Ottawa of refusing to conclude the agreement "under the terms agreed earlier this week," by adding new demands and backtracking on certain commitments.

Mr. Carney said he did not believe Canada had taken any last-minute actions, other than withdrawing from the negotiations, that could have caused the talks to break down. "No. The answer is simple. From our perspective, we clarified our proposal and were constantly disappointed by the responses," Mr. Carney said.

“Despite the U.S. offer to Canada to receive the best treatment of any major exporter to our market, new demands and walk-backs of other commitments by Canada have upended the careful balance reached in the past days,” said Greer.

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the deal would have offered Canada tariff reductions in steel, aluminum, automobiles and lumber, but blamed Canada for walking away.

The Canadian government did not immediately respond to a request for comment regarding Jamieson Greer's description of what Canada had given up by leaving the negotiating table Friday night.

“Despite the U.S. offer to Canada to receive the best treatment of any major exporter to our market, new demands and walk-backs of other commitments by Canada have upended the careful balance reached in the past days,” said Greer.

USTR Greer says the US did not add any new demands at the end of the negotiations with Canada, adds wanted mutual protection on things like steel and aluminium in trade talks with Canada

Carney said the U.S. added last-minute terms that would have reduced tariff relief for Canadian-made vehicles, restricted Canada's ability to strike trade deals with other countries and weakened protections for language, culture and sovereignty.

Jamieson Greer spent last week at the negotiating table in Washington with the minister responsible for Canada-US Trade, Dominic LeBlanc. His version contradicts that of Prime Minister Mark Carney, who had indicated on Saturday that the Americans had demanded last-minute concessions "unacceptable to his government."

"However, the last-minute changes made to the conditions proposed by the United States were unfair, unprofitable and called into question the reliability of any agreement," added the Prime Minister.

While we believed, earlier this week, that we were moving toward a mutually beneficial agreement, in recent days, the U.S. proposed new terms that were uneconomic, unfair, and undermined the net benefits to Canada, calling into question the reliability of any deal.

While earlier this week we thought we were moving closer to a mutually beneficial agreement, in recent days the United States has proposed new unprofitable and unfair conditions that reduced the net benefits for Canada, thereby calling into question the reliability of an eventual agreement.

American trade representative Jamieson Greer disputed Ottawa’s account that the U.S. had introduced last-minute demands, and said Canada had backed away from earlier commitments.

Speaking in public for the first time Saturday morning, top U.S. trade negotiator Jamieson Greer tells Fox News “it’s hard to say” when talks with Canada will resume, but “we don’t have new talks planned with the Canadians” at the moment. … Without offering details, he said the U.S. offered Canadians a cut in sectoral tariffs on steel, autos and lumber but their offer was rejected.

U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer joins 'Squawk Box' to discuss the breakdown in trade talks between the U.S. and Canada, state of U.S.-Canada trade relations, Trump administration's trade and tariff agenda, U.S. sanctions on Iran, and more.

However, last-minute changes in the U.S. proposed terms were unfair, uneconomic, and called into question the reliability of any deal.

However, the last-minute changes to the conditions proposed by the United States were unfair, unprofitable and called into question the reliability of any agreement.

Vice President JD Vance accused Canada of tabling “a bunch of unreasonable last-minute demands,” and mocked Carney as a “very sweet guy” who had failed to “out-tough Donald Trump.”

“The U.S. introduced, in the last hours, efforts to restrict our ability to have other trade deals,” Carney said Saturday.

Mr. Carney said he did not believe Canada had taken any last-minute actions, other than walking away from the negotiations, that could have caused the breakdown of the talks. "No. The answer is simple. From our perspective, we clarified our proposal and were constantly disappointed by the responses," Mr. Carney said.

The U.S. imposed 50% tariffs on some ‌Canadian goods on Saturday after the two longstanding allies failed to reach a trade deal, with each side accusing the other of derailing days of talks.

After trade talks between Canada and the United States broke down Friday, Prime Minister Mark Carney said the Americans had made unfair, last-minute changes to the proposed terms.

US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said Canada walked back its commitments at the last minute, even after the US had offered what he called the best tariff treatment of any major US trading partner.

Prime Minister Mark Carney, left, recalled Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc, centre, and chief negotiator for U.S. trade Janice Charette from Washington, D.C., on Aug. 21, saying the American added last minute demands that were 'unacceptable.'

While we believed, earlier this week, that we were moving toward a mutually beneficial agreement, in recent days, the U.S. proposed new terms that were uneconomic, unfair, and undermined the net benefits to Canada, calling into question the reliability of any deal.