Canada will not eliminate tariffs imposed on the United States Until Donald Trump’s government completely cancel your levies. Canada “will not suspend their tariffs simply because the Americans made a change yesterday,” said Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
This announcement comes after the US government announced that it suspended for a month the 25% tariff sector that on Tuesday imposed on trade with Canada and Mexico.
The Canadian leader has insisted that Canada is trying to eliminate all tariffs and that, while they are in force, the Canadian government will concentrate on minimizing its impact in the economy and citizenship.
“You can confirm that in the foreseeable future we will continue in a commercial war launched by the United States. Canadians must continue buying Canadian products and supporting each other,” he warned, making it clear that “Canada will remain firm.” “While these tariffs are in force, we will respond forcefully,” he stressed.
The Canadian Prime Minister has also recognized that the telephone conversation that held 50 minutes yesterday with Trump was “animated”, but has refused to confirm information filtered to some media in the US about the two leaders used to use Malson words.
“When I talk to Donald Trump on the phone, let’s say it is always interesting and this was, I suppose, animated. But also constructive,” he said, then adding that he did not want to go into details, revealing only that “there were some parts of the conversation in which different approaches and tones were used“
The world responds to Trump’s commercial offensive
Donald Trump has begun his new mandate in the White House wanting Start a commercial war. On the one hand, the US president has announced that 25% will impose tariffs to Canada and Mexico, a threat that should have already entered into force but that he wanted to delay until April 2.
However, this has not avoided that Canada decides to respond now, just as Justin Trudeau announced 25% tariffs on US products. Mexico, meanwhile, tried to negotiate, but Trump did not attend to a call from President Claudia Sheinbaum.
On the other hand, the US has announced new rates to China’s assets, that are now folded to 20%. A fact that has caused China Increased rates to key products such as chicken, wheat, corn, soy, pig, fish and fruits. In addition, it has applied non -tariff measures such as prohibiting technological exports to several US companies.
Finally, Europe studies how to respond to the tariffs that Trump will impose.
Source: Lasexta
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