Incoming Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Tuesday that his government will keep tariffs in place until Americans show respect and commit to free trade after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened historic financial devastation for Canada.
Carney, who will be sworn in as Justin Trudeau’s replacement in the coming days, said Trump’s latest tariffs are an attack on Canadian workers, families, and businesses.
He added: “My government will keep our tariffs on until the Americans show us respect and make credible, reliable commitments to free and fair trade.”
Trump said Tuesday that he will double his planned tariffs on steel and aluminum from 25% to 50% for Canada, escalating a trade war with the United States’ northern neighbor and showing an indifference to recent stock market turmoil and rising recession risks.
Canadian officials are planning retaliatory tariffs in response to Trump’s specific steel and aluminum tariffs and they are expected to be announced Wednesday.
Posted by John3262005
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The tariffs will continue until JD apologizes
What the Trumpists are misunderstanding is that they have gaslit themselves into accepting that Trump changes his mind every 2 minutes and that everyone will just go along with the last thing he said, but international relations don’t work like that.
Carneyvores, standback and standby