The Latest.
- U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to impose 100 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods if the country “makes a deal with China.”
- Prime Minister Mark Carney has not taken questions about the threat, but posted an ad online this afternoon reiterating that Ottawa’s response to economic threats will continue to be focusing on what it can control.
- Ministers on Parliament Hill today acknowledged the threat is serious, but they said it only confirms Canada needs to stay the course with its strategy to move trade dependency away from the U.S.
- Carney made a trade deal during a recent visit to China, calling the country “a reliable and predictable” trading partner. Then, in Davos, Switzerland, he also encouraged European leaders to work with the nation.
The only reasonable way forward right now is to play them off each other. You want us to continue doing trade with the US? Make us a less insane offer, and stop constantly issuing us threats.
We’ll work on making better deals with middle powers over time, but our short term security has to be more stable than Trump’s whims.
We will not be the 51st state.