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We don’t want to do this because we believe in open borders and free and fair trade, but we are doing this in response,
Carney said
Today is a difficult day for Canada and the industry because of these unjustified tariffs that have been put on,
he addedI am ready to sit down with President Trump at the appropriate time under a position where there is respect for Canadian sovereignty and we are working for a common approach, a much more comprehensive approach for trade,
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If the US can do this to us, their closest friend, then nobody is safe
Joly warned as she delivered a searing speech in Ottawa
China has always advocated that China and the United States should adopt a positive and cooperative attitude towards differences and controversies in economic and trade fields,
commerce ministry spokesperson He Yongqian told a weekly news conference
Whatever they charge us, we’re charging them,
Trump told reporters at the White House, reports ReutersIf you're racing to the basement, there's no real prize for the first person to get to the basement,
Leblanc said
We're all going to be better off when the greatest economic and security partnership in the world is renewed, relaunched,
he saidToday, I am announcing that the government of Canada, following a dollar-for-dollar approach, will be imposing, as of 12:01 a.m. tomorrow, March 13, 2025, 25 percent reciprocal tariffs on an additional C$29.8 billion ($20.7 billion) of imports from the United States.
LeBlanc saidThe President of the United States in the White House says ... Oh, no, you won't," and breaks him,
Lutnick saidThe markets are going to learn, let the dealmaker make his deals,
he said ... said in the interview with CBSJared Kushner is a big help to me … he's absolutely helping me,
said Lutnick to System Update reporter Michael Tracey in OctoberThat's why you can never go back into business because it seems like small potatoes, no matter how big it is, including even Cantor Fitzgerald,
Trump jokedThis includes steel products worth C$12.6 billion and aluminum products worth C$3 billion as well as additional imported U.S. goods worth C$14.2 billion.
He addedWe did a trade deal with President Trump when I was in Washington that he said was the best trade deal ever done, so I don't know what is motivating him and the administration to put tariffs on us,
MacNaughton said
If what the president wants is reciprocity, the reality … is that up until he took his action, I think we were pretty much in reciprocity."
MacNaughton addedTrade between Canada and the United States has been more or less balanced."
MacNaughton, in an interview with "Wake Up America," questioned the reasoning behind Trump's actions toward Canada and saidI've never really thought that Canada is a national security threat to the United States. We are partners in defense and in prosperity. So … I don't know what's behind this other than perhaps a negotiating tactic by the president."
He also pushed back on Trump's justification for the tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, which Trump said were necessary due to national security concerns, sayingThe only constant in this unjustifiable trade war seems to be President Trump’s talks of annexing our country through economic coercion,
Joly said
We have done nothing to justify Trump’s attacks on our country, on our economy and our identity,
Joly said