Trudeau warns of ‘forceful’ response if Trump pulls trigger on tariffs

Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has warned the United States of a “forceful but tenable contiguous response” arsenic the timepiece ticks down on tariffs connected Canadian goods expected to travel from the U.S. this Saturday.

A time earlier that looming measure, Trudeau is gathering with the recently formed Canada-U.S. relations assembly connected Friday.

In his opening remarks earlier the meeting, Trudeau said Canada is successful a “critical moment” arsenic U.S. President Donald Trump doubled down connected his menace Thursday, saying that a 25 per cent tariff connected goods coming from Canada and Mexico volition beryllium imposed connected Saturday.

“If the president does take to instrumentality immoderate tariffs against Canada, we’re acceptable with a effect — a purposeful, forceful but tenable contiguous response,” Trudeau said.

“It’s not what we privation but if helium moves forward, we volition besides act,” helium added. “We’re acceptable for immoderate script comes forward.”

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Speaking to reporters astatine the White House Thursday, Trump said the tariffs “may oregon whitethorn not emergence with time” and helium volition determine if they would see oil.

He said the tariffs volition beryllium announced “for a fig of reasons,” including the travel of migrants and fentanyl arsenic good arsenic “very large deficits” successful commercialized with Canada and Mexico.

Trudeau has antecedently vowed that Canada’s effect to Trump’s tariffs “will beryllium robust and accelerated and measured, but precise strong.”

He has besides said that helium backs “the rule of dollar-for-dollar matching tariffs.”

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