Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that Canada’s response to threatened tariff .
In an international summit in Paris, to which Trudeau is attending, the prime minister described the tariffs of the president of the United States, Donald Trump, “unacceptable.”
“Tariffs on steel and Canadian aluminum would be completely unjustified,” Trudeau told journalists. “We are the [United States’] closest ally. Our economies are integrated. “
Trudeau said the federal government will work with the Trump administration in the coming weeks to ensure that you understand the impact that taxes would have both in the United States and Canada.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asked if it would correspond to dollar rates per dollar to the US and steel imports of the US. “As usual, we hope it does not reach that,” he said. pic.twitter.com/ggjqh3edoh
On Monday night, Trump followed the recent threats and signed orders that impose 25 percent tariffs on all imports of steel and aluminum, even from Canada. Rates are scheduled to enter into force on March 12
When CBC News asked him if it would correspond to aluminum and steel matching tariffs, Trudeau said he hopes that does not have to happen.
“If it’s that, our answer, of course, will be firm and clear. We will defend Canadian workers. We will defend the Canadian industries.”
Trudeau made the statement and answered three questions in Paris, on his way to the AI action summit organized by French president Emmanuel Macron and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
JD Vance at the same Paris Summit
Trudeau says that steel and Canadian aluminum are used in various industries, including defense, shipping and car.
The prime minister spoke with the vice president of the United States, JD Vance, regardless of the summit on Tuesday.
A senior official of the Canadian government said that Trudeau raised the impact that tariffs would have on Ohio, the state of origin of Vance, where a commercial war could increase the prices of consumer goods. It is also one of the states where Trump promised to relive the creation of American steel to bring industrial manufacturing jobs back.
Vance did not answer the questions of the Canadian media about the rates while arriving at the summit on Tuesday.
The prime minister is working with international leaders to coordinate an answer and will travel to Brussels on Wednesday to meet with the leaders of the European Union and the general secretary of the NATO Mark Rutte.
On Monday, Trump said the tariffs would be imposed on steel and aluminum of all “without exceptions or exemptions.”
The president of the United States said the tariffs are destined to encourage production in the United States while taking another soap in Canada’s sovereignty. “If we do it in the United States, we do not need to be done in Canada,” Trump said.
“We will have the jobs, that’s why Canada should be our state 51”.
The Quebec aluminum industry feels a bit of Déjà Vu. During his first term, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, slapped 25 percent in overcoming steel imports and 10 percent in aluminum. This time, both will be subject to the 25 percent rate.
