Bad news for British exporters to Canada. And bad news for Badenoch's reputation.
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Canada contradicts Kemi Badenoch's claim post-Brexit trade talks are 'ongoing'
Canada said no trade talks are in progress - despite Business Secretary Kemi Badenoch "explicitly" telling MPs discussions "have not broken down".
Asked in the Commons on 29 January how she plans to "avoid a UK tariff war", Ms Badenoch said she wanted to "state explicitly that talks have not broken down".
The business secretary said the two sides "have an ongoing rules-of-origin discussion" in relation to the car tariffs and "we are also having multiple discussions with Canada on cheese".
But this has been disputed by Canada in a letter to the Commons Business Committee dated 16 February.
Mr Goodale wrote that he is "disappointed with the unilateral pause in these negotiations".
A time-limited agreement had also allowed the UK to continue to sell cars without high import taxes, but given the negotiations have paused this is now in doubt, with the terms due to expire at the end of March.
He added: "As far as I'm aware, since the UK announced its pause on January 25, there have been neither negotiations nor technical discussions with respect to any of the outstanding issues - including British access to Canada's Tariff Rate Quotas for cheese and the approaching expiry of cumulation provisions respecting Rules of Origin."
Liam Byrne, chair of the Business Committee, is now demanding Ms Badenoch correct the record.
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