Oh golly gee there, it looks like our friendly snowbacked neighbors to the North aren’t as friendly anymore eh?
Canada and the United Kingdom both issued statements in response to President Trump’s decision to slap 25 percent tariffs on steel and 10 percent tariffs on aluminum imports next week.
Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland vowed to take “responsive measures” if the Trump administration imposes stiff tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum products.
“It is entirely inappropriate to view any trade with Canada as a national security threat to the United States,” Freeland said in a statement.
“Should restrictions be imposed on Canadian steel and aluminum products, Canada will take responsive measures to defend its trade interests and workers.”
The United States, Canada and Mexico are in Mexico City this week for the seventh round of the North American Free Trade Agreement talks.
Canada has said they were hoping to hear from the White House that Canada, which is the largest importer of steel into the United States, would get an exemption from the tariffs.
In recent months, tensions have ramped up in the trade relationship between Washington and Ottawa.
What the heck is Ottawa? Is that like a walrus or something? Does Canada, or America’s hat, have a walrus at the head of their government?!?! Oh well who cares.
Also this is interesting:
Trump has been framing his steel decision as a response to China. Per a report from his administration two months ago, China isn't even in the top 10 steel importers to the US (it's 11th); Canada is always #1. https://t.co/NVq6GuN1rY pic.twitter.com/LPq3MqVjJf
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 1, 2018
Hosers.
So Trump wants to damage China by imposing tariffs that will hurt Canadia more, eh? This is exactly the kind of populist absurdity that I was promised in the primaries!!!