US Trade Representative Greer Says Washington Will ‘Hold Firm’ on Canada

The signal here is tone, not substance: Greer restated resolve without attaching any new measure, deadline or negotiating date, which keeps the dispute in a holding pattern rather than an escalation. That matters most for cross-border supply chains and for sectors whose margins already hinge on tariff treatment, since ambiguity itself becomes a cost. The absence of a stated timeline is the notable part — it leaves the next move, if any, to be inferred from future remarks rather than from anything on the calendar.