GuShiio.com ① Trudeau accused Trump of launching a trade war against Canada, saying that “the United States imposes tariffs to combat fentanyl trafficking” was nonsense;
② Trudeau said,”What Trump wants to see is the complete collapse of the Canadian economy, making it easier to annex Canada.”
Cailian News, March 5 (Editor Zhao Hao)On Tuesday (March 4) local time, Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau accused U.S. President Trump of launching a trade war against “America’s closest ally” at a congressional press conference.
“The United States has launched a trade war against Canada, and Canada is their closest partner and ally, and their closest friend.” “At the same time, they are talking about actively working with Russia to appease Putin and trying to make it all reasonable,” Trudeau said.
Trudeau stressed that Trump’s claim that “tariffs are imposed to combat fentanyl trafficking” is complete nonsense. He pointed out that the U.S. -Canada border is “safe and secure” and that less than 1% of the amount of fentanyl flowing into the United States and the people crossing the border illegally come from Canada.
“What Trump wants to see is the complete collapse of the Canadian economy, making it easier to annex Canada. We will never become the 51st state (of the United States), but he could do harm to the Canadian economy, and he started doing that this morning.”
“But he will soon discover, as American families will discover, that it will hurt people on both sides.” Trudeau said,”The choices your government makes put American jobs at risk.”
At the same time, Trudeau also posted on social media X to reiterate Canada’s tariff response to the United States: Canada will impose a 25% tariff on U.S. goods worth 155 billion Canadian dollars, starting with 30 billion Canadian dollars, and will be imposed in 21 days. Sanctions will be imposed on another 125 billion Canadian dollars worth of goods.
Trudeau told Canadians they were facing “difficult” economic times, but that these countermeasures were necessary to confront the United States.
Ontario Governor Doug Ford told U.S. media that the province will impose a 25% tax on electricity it exports to 1.5 million homes in Minnesota, Michigan and New York in retaliation for Trump’s measures.
Ford said that if Trump imposes more tariffs on April 2, Ontario energy producers will completely cut off exports to the United States. “President Trump underestimated Canadians.” He also threatened to cut off nickel exports to the United States and sell them to other markets.
The day before, Canadian Foreign Minister Melanie Jolly told reporters that Trump’s tariffs pose an “existential threat” to the country because jobs are at risk, but “if the United States decides to launch a trade war, we will be prepared.”
Canadian Immigration Minister Mark Miller warned that given the close connection between the two countries in trade, once tariffs are implemented, as many as one million Canadian jobs will be at risk.”We will have to fight, which will also hurt Americans.”
The Canadian Chamber of Commerce called the U.S. tariff measures “reckless,” and Chamber President Candice Lane warned that the move would force Canada and the United States into “recession, unemployment and economic disaster.”
