Politics
Trudeau Examining Retaliatory Tariffs After Trump Meeting
Senior officials report that days after meeting with President-elect Donald Trump, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is already examining possible retaliatory tariffs on certain items from the United States.
According to a government official, Trudeau has begun considering which goods to target with tariffs in retaliation and is ready for any scenario. The official emphasized that no decision has been made.
Since they were not permitted to speak in public, the individual spoke under the condition of anonymity.
This action’s announcement would not go over well, and Trump might conclude that Trudeau is unreliable again. Trudeau has frequently made controversial remarks in the past, which caused Trump to question his moral character.
Following a G7 summit in Quebec in 2018, Trudeau declared that all seven G7 nations had signed an accord.
Trump, however, attacked Trudeau shortly after, claiming that the US did not sign the declaration.
Trump wrote, “I have instructed our U.S. Reps not to endorse the Communique based on Justin’s false statements at his news conference and the fact that Canada is charging our U.S. farmers, workers, and companies massive Tariffs.”
Then, in 2019, US President Donald Trump referred to Justin Trudeau as “two-faced” when he appeared to make fun of him in a video during a NATO leaders’ meeting.
The White House intensified its trade rant and criticized Trudeau more harshly than ever, calling him a traitor who wasn’t worthy of President Donald Trump’s time.
In a nationally televised interview, Trump trade adviser Peter Navarro stated, “Any foreign leader who engages in bad faith diplomacy with President Donald J. Trump and then tries to stab him in the back on the way out the door has a special place in hell.”
On Tuesday, Trudeau called an emergency meeting with opposition leaders to present a more cohesive front in response to Trump’s tariff threat. Green Party Leader Elizabeth May, Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh, and Poilievre were present.
Trudeau, Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc, Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland represented the federal government.
Meanwhile, Canadian premiers are pressing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to increase defence expenditures and border security to allay the fears of US President-elect Donald Trump.
Following a conference of premiers, Doug Ford of Ontario stated that he has been pressuring Trudeau’s administration for months to demonstrate that Canada is concerned about the security and economic concerns of the United States.
