“In response to the American tariffs, Canada intends to swiftly impose dollar-for-dollar countermeasures,” said Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland in a statement late Thursday, promising more information about the retaliatory measures “shortly.”
The United States had been considering whether to slap tariffs on aluminum imports coming from Canada, under Section 232 of the U.S. Trade Expansion Act, unless Canada agreed to restrict its export volumes through quotas.vowed to stand up for Canadian workers, echoing Freeland’s commitment to retaliate.
“There’s no dumping. It’s a misuse of a word that is very well documented in international trade law. This is not dumping. This is quite an assumption by the president,” Simard said. “The few companies that stand to benefit from reinstated 232 tariffs on aluminum have cherry-picked government data and omitted important context to build their case, which unfortunately won the day,” he said. Reacting to the late-in-the-day news, several Conservative MPs issued a joint statement saying Trudeau has “once again let down” thousands of Canadian aluminum workers.
Freeland agreed in her statement, that “the last thing Canadian and American workers need is new tariffs that will raise costs for manufacturers and consumers, impede the free flow of trade, and hurt provincial and state economies.” The Canadian Chamber of Commerce is also condemning the U.S. move., saying the tariffs will “only exacerbate disruptions to North American supply chains.
The new NAFTA came into effect on July 1, meaning this latest American trade action comes just over a month into the new deal.
WTH.........Why Geez, what an idiot.
Blame it on Whirlpool..
HECK YES we’re keeping the border closed! When America shows a little responsibility with how it handles the virus, we’ll talk. Us Canadians have no interest in sharing your infection numbers, thank you. True North STRONG and Free. 🇨🇦
Aluminum has gone up 25% since this dipshit took office. Do you know what this does to small shops?
Canada stands proud you are not going to win this time around time for you to go😡😡😡😡😡
Is his hand all messed up here. Many different colours
Simple. Close the AK loophole. No shipments bound for AK can go through. They’ll have to ship via ocean freight, which is a chaotic mess right now. Enforce 🇨🇦 coastal waters, forcing those ships out to sea, slowing supply chains & costing Americans $. He’ll lose AK in a heartbeat
tRump wants Americans to pay more, Canada doesn’t give a shit , they can export around the world, the US can’t, tRump has pissed off the world. tRump’s stifling the economy he says is coming back. America needs to VOTE!
Canada is matching Trump’s tariff $ for $ as announced today by the deputy PM. So yes, Canada is capable to stand up to Trump. The question is, are Americans ready to stand up to Trump?
Just stop all shipments of aluminum to the USA which will shutdown their beer business. That will make Trump's redneck supporters real happy.
Yay, let’s raise the price of aluminum, price of steels already nuts, might as well.
PushkiSavi
Terrible businessman..
Why?
Canada...build a wall and make the US pay for it! 😁
Hey, tRUMP! A 7 year old boy in Georgia is DEAD BECAUSE OF YOU. Oh, sorry, the young are immune, must be fake news. You are the worst of the worst.
As usual tRUMP not thinking. On the campaign trail and saying anything to win. He knows he is a loser. Sorry for Americans who will pay more for everything when they can least afford it but tRUMP has unlimited funds. He is not thinking about citizens at all.
Worlds worst business man.
Canada is a national security threat to US. Like China, Russia, N Korea etc.,
Summary: Weak little man tries to play strongman by picking pointless fight with ally in sad attempt to bolster dismal electoral prospects.
Probably retaliation for Canada closing it’s borders to Americans. Makes him look bad. He is that petty.
He's loosing it again?
Wonder why Putin told him to do that...
What will the sissy PM do?
Trump is the real enemy of the American people.This guy is not running America he’s ruining America.
What the hell. He’s just soo weird.
Weren’t the Canadian new Trade deal people prancing about to the media with their egotistical boasts that all is wonderful now. Dummkopfs for sure.
It’s because Canada at the moment is doing well on COVID and is being compared favorably with the US which is not doing well. He can’t stand being bested by anyone let alone Trudeau
But then he’ll lose his supporters when they can’t get their tin foil hats anymore
This is the face of ImpotusAmericanus
I'm sorry. So very sorry.
Remember when Republicans stood for free trade and open markets?
Did Trudeau actually SIGN the USMCA? Not a good idea to piss us off right now...
Buy Canadian. DO NOT BUY USA! When borders open VACATION in other countries
He didn’t come to whitehouse like Mexico
Does he know there is an aluminum shortage in this country?
Why pick fights with Canada?
He’s hitting Quebec. He’s hitting Trudeau’s base. He’s hitting Trudeau.
Hey SenatorCollins here’s trump being nice. You think this is one of the lessons he’s learned.
tRump has this idea that Canada, not the American consumer, pays the tariff.
Dear Canada: As your neighbors to the south, we are so, so truly sorry. We are grateful for your friendship and we will try our best to fix this and make things right. 🇺🇸 ❤️ 🇨🇦
No POTUS should have this authority. Where is congress? Why won’t they do their jobs?
Ink not even dry on trade deals and USA violates and commits piracy
I don’t blame him. The USA sends a fortune to Israel for defense. Canada’s government just sent Lebanon money, Lebanon who attacks Israel constantly. If I were an American taxpayer, I’d be livid. Just as every Canadian taxpayer should be.
Because the China tariffs worked out so great, Trump wants to see if we should make an enemy of Canada. 😒
Because the China tariffs worked out so great, Trump wants to see if we should make an ememy of Canada. 😒
That's what allies do, they support one another! Ops… wrong movie! Sorry…
What is making this man tick? Why is he picking on Canada? That man has to go before he completely turns all of us against America. He’s nuts!
Did he write JustinTrudeau a creepy & unprofessional note in sharpie on a magazine again to inform him of the news? 🤦🏻♀️
1) Have I been oblivious to tensions between Canada & US pre-Trump? Honest question so I can gain education. 2.) Doesn’t this mean we will end up paying more for things when we are already on an aluminum shortage & grocery prices are increasing? Am I wrong?
man he's a moron. already read an article how the pop companies are funneling aluminum to their major brands and leaving other names without cause is not even enough stock. putting tariffs on imports so will get even less is soo smart. smh.
Does he know aluminum is an ingredient in fake tan lotion ?
Arriving at the Whirlpool plant where that announcement was made:
🇨🇦
Morneau said the possible movement of Chinese products through Canada is not currently a problem — 'We're going to go back and make absolutely sure it's not a problem..' So did Morneau go back and make sure? This was 2018...
The sad part of this is that Canada has no government, no leaders to counter the new tariff. No one in the current dictatorship regime of Canada is qualified to deal with these issues.
Meanwhile ....death and destruction
Watch the speech. He said BigPharma is coming after him. Bad bad people. Same as what JFK & Eisenhower did.
Oh here we go Canada’s counter measure 😔😔😔🤬🤬🤬. Closing Roxham road so the free loaders have to stay in USA and collect their tax money
Before this guy came along, the US was enjoying an overall trade surplus with Canada of about $8Billion yet everytime he talks about trade with us, we are somehow taking advantage of them.
Hope Canada keeps our border closed forever as long as the trumpet is in power he should be tested for Alzheimer’s
Red meat for Ohio manufacturing
Why is it so surprising for a United States president to wish to represent America’s national interests above everybody else? We had eight years of Obama doing the exact opposite.
We are a boarder town city. Will only buy Canadian from now on.... He is only hurting his country again like everything else....
Bend over Trudeau because you're getting it up the ass- again.
More alienation of allies!
His makeup today reminded me of the following meme.......
Trudeau get caught again dumping cheap Chinese aluminum ?
Stop sending pulp fibre for N95 masks to the USA
As usual Trump is just hurting the his own people. I'm tired of this idiot. He needed to make a statement that looked tough for his base. They eat this up. They are not very smart. Can we not distance ourselves from this moron? Maybe we can sell to Thighland...
Hey JustinTrudeau , why take the bait & give realDonaldTrump the ammunition he wants. If you are right, there'll be no harm to CDN manufacturers & Americans will just pay more for stuff. Just stay silent and let him screw himself. cdnpoli uspoli tariffs
He's going after Canada in the middle of the pandemic?!? Why not worry about cutting wasteful spending, fixing the economy and getting the virus under control first?!?
While he stands in front of a brand name we buy from them by the millions each year. It is even in French for us. Screw you whirlpool choosebetterfriends
He is an a..hole it just increase prices for everybody. Richer gets richer
So much for free trade. Keep that border closed
Keep the border closed.
Haha Canadian commies in government deserve it. Look JustinTrudeau real daddie is in this gif.
Maybe next time JustinTrudeau will show up at USMCCA?
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