European Union To Hit US With €26 Billion Tariffs In Retaliation Over Steel, Aluminium Duties

We will put maximum pressure on the Americans,

she insisted

Marco Rubiosecretary of State

I think there was reason to be optimistic,

Rubio said

Marco Rubiosecretary of State

The Canadian government has made their position, how they feel about it clear. The president has made his argument as to why he thinks Canada would be better off joining the United States for economic purposes,

Rubio said

Marco Rubiosecretary of State

There’s not a trade war,

Rubio said

It’s crazy. His point is crazy. That’s it,

Carney said

The European Union is very, very nasty.”

In the Oval Office later in the day, Trump added

Of course, these kinds of statements come as a surprise because we have long been friends and allies with the United States,

she said

Canada’s sovereignty is not up for debate,

she said

I’ve never heard President Trump say that Russia has a right to take all of Ukraine and do whatever they want there,

he said

We are beholden to this unreliable neighbor to the South now, and the whims of that neighbor are making us finally ask the questions of what do we need to become?"

Kara said

President Trump will again use tariffs to level the playing field for American workers and reignite America's industrial might,

said White House spokesman Kush Desai in a statement to CNBC

I think there's a very good case to be made that across all of these tariff threats, not just with Canada, but with what we're seeing him say about the EU, about trading partners writ large as that he's in search of a reason to impose tariffs,

said Erica York, a vice president of federal tax policy at the Tax Foundation

Trade policy is going to change, and we're going to make it fair to Americans,

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick told CNBC's "Squawk Box" on March 4.

I think that just sets the stage for a new era of trade policy, and one where the U.S. may not be as reliable as a trading partner as we used to be if a deal that you negotiate with the U.S. can just be potentially tossed out a few years later,

York said

There has been this huge uptick in a national sense of pride in Canada, like: how dare our best friend do this to us?"

Riaz Kara, vice president of policy at the Ottawa, Canada-based think tank the Public Policy Forum

Justin Trudeauprime Minister

Should these tariffs not cease, we are in active and ongoing discussions with provinces and territories to pursue several nontariff measures; measures which will demonstrate that there are no winners in a trade war,

then-Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on March 4, after the U.S. tariffs went into effect

Doug Fordontario Premier

The temperature has come down,

Mr. Ford told the news media as he left the meeting on Thursday

François-Philippe Champagneindustry Minister

We leave Washington I think better equipped in making sure we can defend Canadian interests,

Mr. Champagne, the industry minister, added

Mélanie Jolycanadian Foreign Minister

Peace and stability is at the top of our agenda, and I look forward to discussing how we continue to support Ukraine in the face of Russia's illegal aggression,

Canadian Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly said as she gaveled the meetings into session

Marco Rubiosecretary of State

I don't know, should I be? I mean, they've invited us to come. We intend to go. The alternative is to not go. I think that would actually make things worse, not better."

Asked if he expected a difficult reception from his counterparts, Rubio brushed the question aside