Whatever talks Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s has with U.S. President Donald Trump about the tariffs going into effect Tuesday shouldn’t be considered a negotiation, according to federal Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc.
Problems that Trump cites in his tariff argument are minimal, federal minister says
Jordan Gill · CBC News
· Posted: Feb 03, 2025 8:43 AM EST | Last Updated: 2 hours ago
As tariffs are expected on Tuesday, governments on both sides of the border are preparing. (Geoff Robins/AFP/Getty Images)
Whatever talks Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s has with U.S. President Donald Trump about the tariffs going into effect Tuesday shouldn’t be considered a negotiation, according to federal Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc.
“Canadians don’t expect the government of Canada to make concessions when we have a free trade agreement that President Trump signed in his last administration and said ‘It was great for the United States,” LeBlanc said Monday in an interview on Information Morning Moncton.
Over the weekend, Trump announced tariffs on Canadian imports of 25 per cent, except for energy, which faces a 10 per cent tariff.
Shortly after Trump’s announcement, Trudeau announced counter-tariffs on thousands of U.S. products.
Trump has linked the U.S. tariffs to national security, specifically to illegal border crossings and fentanyl smuggling, LeBlanc said, but both of these are minimal at the Canadain-U.S. border.
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