Prime Minister Mark Carney accused Donald Trump of “betraying the commercial agreement” and pointed out that “the United States is divided and that is weakening.”
The brand new Prime Minister of Canada, Mark Carnyrolled up against the president of United States, Donald Trumpshortly after formalizing the imposition of 25% taxes for all car imports to your country. The Canadian president considered that the measure is a “Direct attack” to the workers of his country and accused the Republican of “betraying the commercial agreement” (T-MEC).
“These tariffs against our automotive industry are a direct attack on Canadian workers“He pointed to the Carney press.
In turn, he added: “We will defend our workers, We will defend our companies, we will defend our country. And we will defend it together. The United States is divided and that is weakening, “he said.
In addition to its own tariffs in retaliation, Carney He said Canada “has other options” and said: “I will gather the cabinet tomorrow to discuss options.”
Donald Trump announced taxes on car imports
Trump announced on Wednesday that as of April 2, 25% taxes will begin to govern all car imports and the collection will begin the next day.
At a press conference from the White House, the Republican launched: “The money they took us will return, The works that took us enemies and friends, sometimes these are the worst”He said and calculated that in a year they could be raised between 600,000 million and one billion dollars.
To highlight the impact of the measure, Trump He recalled that Sling He will build a production plant in Indiana and pointed out: “If you build here, do not pay taxes.”
While the president said repeatedly that tariffs on car imports would be a defining policy of its presidencybetting that the costs generated by taxes would cause most of the production to be transferred to the United States, warn that this measure is harmful to the industry. American manufacturers with plants in the country still depend on Canada, Mexico To obtain finished pieces and vehicles, which means that Cars prices could increase and sales could decrease while new factories are built.
Source: Ambito
