Hillary Clinton says Republicans ‘secretly cheering’ for Mark Carney amid US-Canada trade negotiation

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton claimed that Republicans are “secretly cheering” for Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney amid tension between Washington and Ottawa over trade. “I can't imagine that even in the Republican cloakroom in the Senate, there's much enthusiasm for going into a trade war with Canada," Clinton said Monday night during an event in New York. She added that 40 percent of Ohio's exports and 60 percent of Michigan's exports go to Canada. "I can't imagine that the Republicans in those states, or literally anywhere in the country, are enthusiastic about this nonsense that [President] Trump is promoting, and probably secretly cheering Mark Carney for standing up to him and doing what he's now doing on behalf of his country,” Clinton said. Canada unveiled retaliatory tariffs Tuesday on the U.S. in the wake of President Trump’s fresh threats to heat up the trade war between the two countries. Carney said Canada would match American tariffs “dollar for dollar” following 50 percent tariffs the Trump administration placed on more than $20 billion in Canadian goods that went into effect over the weekend. Ottawa’s retaliatory levies are set to go into effect Sept. 8. The prime minister said Monday that Canada may have to use more precise retaliation to protect its workers and businesses as Trump threatens new 50 percent tariffs aimed at cars, trucks, auto parts and steel going into effect at the beginning of next year. Throughout Trump’s second term, U.S.-C…