# Liquor, lumber remain hurdles in pending Canada-U.S. trade deal

https://mins.news/en/video/27890

- Global News, 2026-08-21 00:21 UTC
- Economy
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLyydvN9f-M

> Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc returned to Washington, D.C., to meet his American counterpart in an effort to finalize a deal and avoid 50 per cent tariffs on many Canadian goods. The prime minister has asked premiers to put American liquor back on provincial store shelves to help secure an agreement, but liquor and lumber remain hurdles.

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