Trudeau announces reprisals against the US for the “unjustified” Trump tariffs

The Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeausaid Monday that the decision of the US president, Donald Trumpto impose duty The Canadian products is “unjustified” and that Canada will retaliate immediately with 25 % levies to US $ 30,000 million of US imports.

Trudeau added in a statement released late Monday, that if Washington maintains 10% tariffs to energy imports and 25% to the rest of Canadian products, In 21 days his government will impose taxes to other US $ 125,000 million. Canada is also studying non -tariff reprisals.

“Canada will not allow this unjustified decision to be unanswered. If US tariffs come in effect tonight, Canada As of 12.01 in tomorrow, he will respond with 25 % tariffs against US $ 155,000 million from US goods ”, Trudeau declared.

“Our tariffs will remain in force until the US commercial action is revoked and if US tariffs do not cease, We are in conversations with the provinces and territories to implement non -tariff measures ”, added.

These measures could include the interruption of energy exports (both gas and oil and electricity) to the United States, something that several provincial chiefs of government have raised and that could leave millions of homes in northern US without electricity.

The Canadian leader recalled that Tariffs imposed by Trump “They violate the same agreement that was negotiated by President Trump in his previous term” and that Canada has responded to the demands that Washington imposed in January to avoid tariffs.

Border security

Canada has increased border security with investments of about US $ 1,000 million, has deployed thousands of agents in the areas adjacent to the US and has reinforced measures to avoid drug trafficking, Including the appointment of a ‘tsar of the fentanyl’.

Thanks to those measures, The Fentanyl Traffic from Canada to the United States practically ceased in January this year, When the US authorities only apprehended 0.01 kilograms of fentanyl, according to the data of the US authorities revealed by Trudeau.