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Canada will remove all tariffs on goods from the United States that are covered by the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA) by Sept. 1, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Friday.

 The prime minister said Canada will maintain its tariffs on steel, aluminum and autos as the Liberal government works with the U.S. to craft a new trading relationship between the two countries.

Carney first hinted earlier this month that he may drop some of the counter-tariffs if it would help Canadian industries weather the trade war with the U.S.

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre criticized Carney's decision, accusing the prime minister of making "generous concessions" to the U.S. president without getting anything in return. 

 "Today we learned that it is yet another capitulation and climb-down by Mark Carney, his elbows have mysteriously gone missing," he said Friday.

 Poilievre says either Carney has to admit that he was wrong all along or that he lied during the election campaign when he said he was the man who could get the best deal with Trump.

 "He needs to explain which of those two things it is," Poilievre said. 

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