# Chrétien offers blunt assessment of Canada-U.S. trade war

https://mins.news/en/item/49077

- CBC News, 2026-09-08 00:00 UTC
- Politics
- Original: https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.7335107?cmp=rss

> Former Canadian prime minister Jean Chrétien tells CBC News chief correspondent Adrienne Arsenault that Canada was right to impose counter-tariffs in the trade war with the United States, and that expanding them should remain an option.

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