Do you feel Prime Minister Mark Carney is "picking a fight" with the U.S. by saying middle powers like Canada should stand up to superpowers? Photo: The Canadian Press U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks at the USA house during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Jan. 21. Trump on Saturday threatened to impose a 100% tariff on goods imported from Canada over a trade deal Carney is pursuing with Beijing. “To be absolutely clear, and I said this to the president, I meant what I said in Davos,” Carney told reporters. The North American trade agreement signed in 2020 during Trump's first term, but lately the Republican president has expressed indifference to it.