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Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc is scheduled to speak today with provincial and territorial trade ministers as well as members of the prime minister’s advisory committee on Canada-U.S. relations.
LeBlanc and Janice Charette, Canada’s chief trade negotiator, are in Washington where they have spent the last few days in talks with U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer.
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Talks have intensified as a new round of 50 per cent tariffs on a range of Canadian goods is set to take effect Aug. 19.
Greer is scheduled to be in Des Moines, Iowa, today where he will tour an off-road tire manufacturing facility and visit the state fair.
Greer is scheduled to hold a media availability during his time in the Hawkeye State.
A spokesperson from LeBlanc’s office says that the minister and Greer are not scheduled to meet today.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 14, 2026.
