Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that President Donald Trump’s statements are repeatedly about Canada’s 51street The American state is “non -code” because it pledged to respond to the incoming definitions.
While Trump’s introductory threat is waving, the Canadian Prime Minister, who are in Washington, DC, is scheduled to meet senior advisers to the US President at the White House on Wednesday afternoon.
Speaking to journalists earlier in Brussels on Wednesday, Trudeau said that Canada does not want to be in a commercial dispute with the United States, but if Trump continues his threats, “We will be equal to our response.“
“Canada will respond properly in a calibration in a calibration in a very strong way, regardless of the progress of the United States,” Trudeau said.
Trudeau is visiting the Belgian capital to strengthen Canada’s relations with its European allies with continued tariff tensions with the United States.
On Monday, Trump said he would impose a 25 percent tariff on all steel and aluminum imports coming to the United States, including from Canada, on March 12.
The White House confirmed to Global News that the 25 percent metal tariffs will be accumulated over the 25 percent customs tariffs on all Canadian goods, which stopped Trump for 30 days.
This means that the effective tariff for Canadian and aluminum will add up to 50 percent.
In addition, on Monday, Trump also threatened a tariff ranging between 50 and 100 percent on Canadian vehicles.
In response to Trump’s executive order on February 1 of the original pledge of 25 percent on Canadian goods, Canada released its own list of planned anti -picnics.
Trudeau reiterated that the customs tariff will harm both Americans and Canadians. He said that the metal tariffs will lead to work losses in the United States, such as the last time Trump imposed in 2018.
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He added that Canada will continue to participate at all levels, “do everything we can“ To prevent trade conflict.
Amid the tariff tensions, Trump has repeatedly repeated the idea that Canada would become 51 years oldstreet state.
Trudo heard last week at a hot microphone in Toronto that Trump’s plans to include Canada were “a real thing.”
“Let’s be very clear, and the 51st talks are not independent,” he said on Wednesday.
“This will never happen, but we have to take seriously what the president says and this is in our thinking as we continue to defend Canada.”
Trudeau said that the way the Canadians have responded in the past few weeks by changing their holiday plans, searching for “Canadian purchase” methods and supporting local companies, was “inspiring”.
“This is a response to the Canadians who say,” Yes, this will be difficult, but we will double the Canadian pride and stand on each other. “
The Prime Minister pays a diplomatic in the capital
As part of the “Team Canada” approach, all the 13 prime ministers in Washington, DC, were on Wednesday amid a diplomatic batch to highlight Canada’s commercial relations with the United States
Prime Minister Ontario Doug Ford, who is running for his re-election and faced criticism of travel to the capital during the provinces campaign, said that the Prime Minister met the American-Democratic and Republican legislators and entrepreneurs to express their concerns about the impact of definitions on both sides of the border.
“We have to make sure that he is connected to President Trump,” Ford said, speaking with correspondents Om on Wednesday.
“We just want to go forward. We would like zero definitions. That’s what we would like.”
The Prime Minister of Quebec François Leggel said that the revenge definitions of Canada should be imposed only if the United States continues information technology threats.
He said: “We must not put any measures to take revenge before, but we have to prepare ourselves.”
“We have already announced a list of anti -counter models. I think we should also think about placing an export tariff on products such as aluminum where they really need us.
“But I think the first option is that there is no tariff, and that you have a public agreement as soon as possible.”
Finance Minister Dominic Lieblank was also in the capital, where he met Wednesday with Howard Lootnick, Trump’s choice of US Trade Secretary.
Lieblank said he had a “detailed conversation” on steel and aluminum trade between Canada and the United States
He told reporters after the meeting: “They were very clear that Canada has great attention and they want to work with us to organize an economic deal in the interest of both countries.”
Trump’s definitions that Trump pledged to Trump last week were suspended after the new border security obligations by Canada.
Lieblank said he was “reassuring” about the progress made in national security issues and combating the flow of fentanel to the border, “but the work has not been done.”
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