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Rep. Khanna decries suspension of trade talks with Canada
He warned that Trump’s decision to end trade talks with Canada could weaken U.S. supply chains, stall industrial renewal, and strengthen China’s global manufacturing position.
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Anushka Pathak - Fri, 24, Oct 2025
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Congressman Ro Khanna / File Photo
Indian American representative. Ro Khanna (D-CA) has criticized President Donald Trump’s suspension of trade negotiations with Canada, calling it a “tantrum” that undermines the United States’ manufacturing ambitions and hands strategic leverage to China.
In a series of posts on X, the Democrat argued that the decision threatens critical supply chains for rare earth minerals vital to advanced manufacturing.
“Trump's tantrum ending negotiations with Canada hurts us to be a manufacturing superpower,” he wrote. “When China holds the world hostage with rare earths, we must work with Canada on a Manhattan Project to process them. But Trump is destroying our alliance without gaining US jobs.”
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(Thread) Trump's tantrum ending negotiations with Canada hurts us to be a manufacturing superpower. When China holds the world hostage with rare earths, we must work with Canada on a Manhattan Project to process them. But Trump is destroying our alliance without gaining US jobs. https://t.co/3loQQ4gWHJ
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) October 24, 2025
Khanna’s remarks followed a statement from Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who confirmed the breakdown of decades of U.S.-Canada trade cooperation. Carney described the end of talks as a turning point, urging Canadians to strengthen self-reliance and reduce economic dependence on a single partner.
The California lawmaker, a longtime advocate of what he calls “New Economic Patriotism,” contrasted his approach of strategic investment and innovation with Trump’s tariff-centered trade strategy. “Trump’s policies have not led to significant new steel jobs,” Khanna wrote. “No nation builds industry with tariffs alone.”
Trump's policies have not led to significant new steel jobs. No nation builds industry with tariffs alone. We need a $20 billion Steel Renewal fund to put modern hydrogen and DRI plants for primary steel in Mon Valley & places like Warren, Ohio.
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) October 24, 2025
Instead, Khanna proposed a $20 billion Steel Renewal Fund to modernize U.S. steelmaking hubs in states such as Pennsylvania and Ohio. The plan would deploy hydrogen-based and direct reduced iron technologies to reduce emissions while strengthening domestic production capacity.
Khanna further criticized Trump for ignoring bipartisan industrial policies that once had cross-party support. “Instead of doing the hard work of creating a national industrial bank that @marcorubio & @JDVance supported before joining the Admin to build steel & aluminum here, Trump is picking performative fights with Carney,” he posted, adding that such actions “achieve not a single thing to help us lead against China.”
Instead of doing the hard work of creating a national industrial bank that @marcorubio & @JDVance supported before joining the Admin to build steel & aluminum here, Trump is picking performative fights with Carney that is not doing a single thing to help us lead against China.
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) October 24, 2025
The dispute comes amid rising North American trade friction, with Trump’s administration prioritizing unilateral trade leverage. Carney’s comments, which went viral online, indicated Canada’s pivot toward diversifying its global partnerships—a move analysts say could limit U.S. access to essential resources.
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