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The administration announced a temporary pause in cooperation with Canada's antitrust division during a trade dispute.

The Justice Department's antitrust division was reportedly directed to pause all work with the Canadian government. Lynda Marshall, the head of the antitrust division's international section, sent an email on Wednesday instructing officials to halt cooperation on cases and policy issues with Canadian authorities. On Friday, section chiefs were asked to provide lists of areas of cooperation with Canada. The administration announced that the directive was a misunderstanding. Justice Department spokeswoman Emily Covington stated that the instruction to stop cooperation was a result of Lynda Marshall misunderstanding a directive to reschedule a meeting. The department clarified that officials were only asked to temporarily postpone a specific meeting to allow the antitrust team more time to prepare. This pause occurred during an intensifying trade dispute between the United States and Canada. The administration's trade war has led to tariffs on tens of billions of dollars in cross-border trade. Canada has responded by imposing retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods.

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