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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney reacted with anger to US President Donald Trump’s car import tariffs, calling them a “direct attack” on Canadian workers.
“We will defend our workers. We’ll defend our companies. We’ll defend our country. And we’ll defend it together,” said Carney.
He has also made standing up to US President Donald Trump the foundation of his campaign for the 28 April elections.
“This will hurt us, but through this period, by being together, we will emerge stronger,” he said in an address.
“We’ve announced, of course, retaliatory tariffs. We have other options for those retaliatory tariffs,” he said, adding that he had convened a meeting of Canadian officials on Thursday “to discuss our trade options.”
Trump’s 25% tariffs on car imports
Earlier, Trump announced a permanent 25 per cent tariff on import of all cars and light trucks made outside the US.
About half of the cars sold in the US are built domestically, while most imports come from Mexico and Canada, which have closely linked auto industries under a trade agreement.
Trump had previously imposed tariffs on both countries but had temporarily eased them for automakers.
Carney, speaking after meeting with auto workers and labour leaders, promised that money from Canada’s retaliatory tariffs would support their jobs.
“This is a direct attack—let me be clear—a direct attack on the very workers I stood with this morning at the Ambassador Bridge,” he said, referring to the key trade link between Windsor, Canada, and Detroit, the heart of the US auto industry.
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