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Victoria Bekiempis and Guardian staff

Mark Carney tells US to ‘start being serious’ amid escalating trade war

a man speaks while seated a desk as two men stand near him
Donald Trump speaks alongside a map showing Lake Ontario labeled as Lake America in the Oval Office. Photograph: Jim Watson/AFP/Getty Images

Mark Carney has rebuked Donald Trump’s administration and urged officials in Washington to “start being serious” amid escalating trade tensions between the US and Canada.

Days before Canada is due to retaliate against Trump’s sweeping tariffs with its own duties on US goods, the Canadian prime minister criticized US officials for insulting his country. “It is beneath their office,” he said.

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