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THE BACK-AND-FORTH BETWEEN PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP AND CANADIAN PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU, OVER TARIFFS, CONTINUED OVERNIGHT. TRUDEAU IS BACK ON CANADIAN SOIL AFTER MEETING RECENTLY WITH TRUMP AT HIS MAR-A-LAGO ESTATE IN FLORIDA.
TRUMP HAS TOUTED PUTTING A 25% LEVY ON IMPORTS FROM CANADA AND MEXICO IF THE COUNTRIES DO NOT STEM THE FLOW OF MIGRANTS AND DEADLY DRUGS, SUCH AS FENTANYL, INTO THE U-S.
AT THEIR MEETING, TRUDEAU REPORTEDLY TOLD TRUMP THE TARIFFS WOULD DEVASTATE CANADA, TO WHICH TRUMP REPLIED THAT CANADA SHOULD CONSIDER BECOMING THE UNITED STATES, 51ST STATE. DONALD TRUMP HAS ALSO SAID CANADA RECEIVES BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN AMERICAN SUBSIDIES AND THAT HE WANTS A LEVEL PLAYING FIELD.
MONDAY, WHILE SPEAKING TO THE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA, TRUDEAU TOLD MEMBERS THAT CANADA WILL, “ RESPOND TO UNFAIR TARIFFS IN A NUMBER OF WAYS AND WE’RE STILL LOOKING AT THE RIGHT WAYS TO RESPOND.” HE WENT ON TO SAY HE BELIEVES AMERICANS ARE BEGINNING TO REALIZE THAT TARIFFS, ON GOODS FROM CANADA, WOULD MAKE LIFE MORE EXPENSIVE FOR AMERICANS.
HOURS LATER, ON HIS TRUTH SOCIAL PLATFORM, DONALD TRUMP WROTE, “IT WAS A PLEASURE TO HAVE DINNER THE OTHER NIGHT WITH **GOVERNOR** JUSTIN TRUDEAU OF THE GREAT STATE OF CANADA. I LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING **THE GOVERNOR** AGAIN SOON SO THAT WE MAY CONTINUE OUR IN DEPTH TALKS ON TARIFFS AND TRADE, THE RESULTS OF WHICH WILL BE TRULY SPECTACULAR FOR ALL. “
BACK IN 2018, WHEN THE FIRST TRUMP ADMINISTRATION IMPOSED TARIFFS ON IMPORTED STEEL AND ALUMINUM FROM CANADA, THE CANADIANS RESPONDED BY
BY PUTTING TARIFFS ON AMERICAN PRODUCTS SUCH AS BOURBON FROM KENTUCKY, MOTORCYLES FROM HARLEY DAVIDSON IN WISCONSIN AND KETCHUP FROM PENNSYLVANIA. THAT BATTLE ENDED IN 2019 WHEN TRUMP AND TRUDEAU WERE ABLE TO STRIKE A DEAL AND DROP THE TARIFFS. FOR MORE UNBIASED UPDATES DOWNLOAD THE STRAIGHT ARROW NEWS APP