Canada’s Minister of Finance, Dominic LeBlanc, joins The Weekend to weigh in on how the country is responding to Trump’s chaotic tariff plan.
After Trump imposed tariffs on Canada, Trudeau claimed the move was a tactic to weaken Canada for potential annexation. Discussions revealed Trump's dissatisfaction with trade agreements and even questioning the border treaty.
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Canada’s initial retaliatory tariffs against the U.S. will remain in place despite President Donald Trump postponing 25% tariffs on many imports from Canada for a month, two senior Canadian government officials said.
Canada will delay a planned second wave of retaliatory tariffs on C$125 billion of U.S. products until April 2, Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc said in a post on X on Thursday.
Mr Trudeau’s Liberal Party suddenly finds itself atop some opinion polls for the first time in almost two years, having scraped historic lows just two months ago. Mr Trump’s unsettling and relentless insistence that Canada join the United States as its 51st state or face staggering tariffs has cracked the basis on which Canada’s Conservatives and their leader,
U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has been speaking with Canada’s finance minister Dominic LeBlanc about a potential compromise over the trade tariffs, said people close to the matter. Canadian officials are skeptical,
Many imports from Canada and Mexico will be exempt from tariffs, as the president quickly reversed a sweeping trade action taken just two days ago after market turmoil.
The industry was already struggling with rising costs, market saturation, and declining demand, and the constant sense of uncertainty over tariffs only adds to the stress.
Trump and his aides have reportedly threatened to redraw the northern border, go after Canada’s minerals and water, and cancel NORAD.
It's the latest twist in a fluctuating trade policy that has whipsawed markets and fanned worries about inflation and growth.
President Trump said Thursday that he postponed 25% tariffs on many goods from Canada and Mexico for a month, amid widespread fears of a broader trade war.
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