Donald Trump has launched an explosive rant against Canada as part of the on-going trade war between the two countries by saying he will double trade tariffs against the US neighbour. Mr Trump began his furious flurry of words on the Truth Social site by directly mentioning his actions were connected to “Ontario, Canada, placing a 25% tariff on ‘electricity’ coming into the United States”.
The American leader continued: “I have instructed my Secretary of Commerce to add an ADDITIONAL 25% tariff, to 50%, on all STEEL and ALUMINIUM COMING INTO THE UNITED STATES FROM CANADA, ONE OF THE HIGHEST TARIFFING NATIONS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD. This will go into effect TOMORROW MORNING, March 12th.
“Also, Canada must immediately drop their anti-American Farmer Tariff of 250% to 390% on various US dairy products, which has long been considered outrageous.”
The US President said he would be declaring a “National Emergency” for the electricity supply in the area which had been “threatened” by Canada.
He continued: “This will allow the US to quickly do what had to be done to alleviate this abusive threat from Canada. If other egregious, long time tariffs are not likewise dropped by Canada, I will substantially increase, on April 2nd, the tariffs on cars coming into the US which will, essentially, permanently shut down the automobile manufacturing business in Canada.
The US leader continued to call for Canada to become part of the United States as a solution, a form of taunting that has infuriated Canadian leaders.
“The only thing that makes sense is for Canada to become our cherished Fifty First State,” Trump posted on Tuesday. “This would make all Tariffs, and everything else, totally disappear.”
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