Trudeau says Canada will push back on ‘unacceptable’ U.S. tariffs 

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Ottawa volition enactment to person U.S. President Donald Trump that his steel and aluminum tariffs volition wounded some countries.

A elder authorities authoritative said Tuesday that Trudeau spoke with U.S. Vice-President JD Vance astir the interaction alloy tariffs would person successful Ohio, which Vance antecedently represented successful the U.S. Senate.

Trump signed an enforcement bid Monday to instrumentality 25 per cent tariffs connected each alloy and aluminum imports into the United States, opening March 12.

Trudeau and Vance are some successful Paris for a planetary acme connected AI.

Trudeau concisely spoke to reporters earlier a plenary astatine which Vance spoke and Trudeau attended.

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Trudeau said his authorities would “be moving with the American medication implicit the coming weeks to item the antagonistic impacts connected Americans and Canadians of these unacceptable tariffs.”

Trudeau added helium volition besides beryllium moving with “international partners and friends and it comes to that, our response, of course, volition beryllium steadfast and clear.”

Asked whether his authorities would enforce dollar-for-dollar reciprocal tariffs, Trudeau responded “we anticipation it volition not travel to that.”

Speaking successful French, helium said determination person been “initial conversations” with allies. He pointed to his upcoming sojourn to Brussels connected Wednesday wherever helium volition conscionable with EU leaders, and said determination is “co-ordination to beryllium done.”