On Tuesday, the Prime Minister in Canada is heading to Washington, on Tuesday, on a diplomatic mission to emphasize the relationship of trading in Canada in the face of increasing tariff threats by US President Donald Trump.
The two -day trip comes a day after Trump imposed a 25 percent tariff on all imports of foreign steel and aluminum, including Canada. At the same time, the watch wanders on talks to avoid the assembly of the customs tariff on all other Canadian exports to the United States, which was delayed for 30 days early this month.
The Prime Minister is scheduled to clarify the issue for American legislators and business leaders that the customs tariff will unnecessarily harm both countries.
“We are full of meetings, and we are building relationships-O people, all of this is related to building a relationship,” Doug Ford, Prime Minister of Ontario, who is currently running for his re-election, told reporters in a campaign in Ocville on Monday. .
“We all know, the United States, that Canada needs the United States, but what we will communicate is all that the United States needs from Canada, all the United States needs from Ontario, and the importance of the commercial partner of Ontario and Canada”
The journey comes in a moment fraught with risks
This trip is the first time that all the 13 ministers make a joint international trip together, according to the Federation Council, a fact that confirms the critical moment in the relationship.
On Monday, Ford promised that Ontario interacts with “strong” and “fast” for us a tariff on steel and aluminum, which Trump said was imposed without exemptions to support the American sectors.
Trump had previously threatened to impose 25 percent of the customs tariff on board and imposed 10 percent on Canadian energy. These duties are scheduled to return once March 4 if the two countries do not reach what Trump called a “economic” deal.
Trump also said that the definitions will return if his administration decides that Canada did not do enough to reduce illegal immigration and trafficking in the United States to the United States
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Meanwhile, Trump has repeatedly made comments about the desire to make Canada part of the United States, which his administration insisted on does not mean annexation.
The Canadian government and the Prime Minister all pledged reprisals, including mutual definitions and the freezing of American investment, if Trump submits definitions.
Canadian officials also sought to present a unified front, and they appeared on the American media and pressure their American counterparts about the benefits of maintaining open trade and dialogue with Canada.
“We need this unit at this moment,” said Max Cameron, a professor of political science at the University of Columbia.
“We need to be strong and unified, and not to provide any assistance or comfort for those in the United States who seem to believe that, as a country, we will want to face the threats of economic power.”
Prime Minister “Team Canada”, but also their own business schedules
Prime Minister at Alberta Daniel Smith said on Monday that she will join her colleagues from the Prime Minister in Washington as part of the “Team Canada” approach. It also plans to continue highlighting the “important” role played by Alberta Energy Exports in helping the United States
In a statement, the Prime Minister said that she will “continue the efforts to cancel tensions between the two countries, work together on common goals and find a common ground so that we can restore our useful and continuous friendship.”
In January, Smith broke rows with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the other Prime Minister, and they rejected the possibility of anti -charging or freezing on oil and gas shipments in Alberta, which was offered as a possible response.
Smith was also more hiding than its regional and regional counterparts in pushing Ottawa to make more effort to address border security and drug crime. On Monday, Smith called on the federal government to contrary to what was called “soft” federal law and re -submitting the mandatory minimum for prison sentences for drug criminals.
Smith and Ford Trudeau also prompted the appointment of “Ventanil Caesar” that would coordinate the government’s response to the murderous opium, a major privilege convinced Trump to delay his definition.
Scott Mo, Prime Minister in Saskatchewan, said on Friday that he was traveling to Washington before the other Prime Minister to emphasize his “important role” to boycott him in trade, especially in the energy and food sectors.
“I think we must deal with us as leaders without patriotism to approach this with calm and fixed hands as possible.”
“The goal is for myself, and I think for all other Prime Minister, it is an improper environment. This is how we work better together. This is how we grow the economy of North America, and so we create wealth in this boycott in the end.”
The Atlantic Council of Cabinets said on Friday that “they will emphasize the importance of Canada for the security of the United States, and the benefits brought by the continental economic partnership to both countries”, in addition to the deep integration between Atlantic Canada, New England and the northeast of the United States
Many federal officials traveled to Washington to meet with Trump administration officials and legislators in the period before Trump’s announcement on February 1 of the definitions of Canada and Mexico. These meetings do not seem to swing Trump, who only agreed to retreat after talking to Trudeau one day before the definitions to become valid.
Cameron said diplomacy is still important while the threat of customs tariffs continues, and it is believed that the Prime Minister do the right thing by appearing in power to present a unified front.
“I don’t think it is painful to do everything possible,” he said. “It may be intangible, it may be difficult to show results in the short term, but in the long run there may be real benefits.
Among the stadiums offered to American officials, an expanded energy partnership that can include increasing oil trade as well as critical minerals.
At the same time, provinces go forward with programs to support local companies and producers by removing Canadians from American products, as well as diversifying their international trade relations.
The Prime Minister in Manitoba and Wab Keno said, while talking at the campaign launching “Buying” last week, that there are “active talks” about the place of establishing a new permanent commercial office for the boycott after its opening in Washington early this year.
“Will that be in the United States, or will that be in South Korea, or maybe another location around the world?”
