Trudeau also predicts that the “trade war” that Canada is in with the U.S. will continue “for the foreseeable future.”
Canada will be in a trade war with the United States for the foreseeable future, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday, speaking shortly before U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent called him "a numbskull".
Trump and Trudeau discussed fentanyl smuggling and trade over a 50-minute call. Trump accused Trudeau of using trade tensions for political power and criticized Canada's border policies for allowing fentanyl into the US.
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is unwilling to lift Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on the United States if President Donald Trump leaves any U.S. tariffs on Canada, a senior government official told The Associated Press on Wednesday.
A Canadian lawyer is leading a delegation to Washington to discuss the possibility of U.S. statehood for Alberta with the Trump administration.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has affirmed that Canada will remain in a trade war with the United States due to tariffs imposed by Washington. In retaliation, Canada has implemented its own tariffs. The ongoing tensions are evident from US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's disparaging remark about Trudeau.
Washington state and its exports could be a "prime target" of retaliatory tariffs from Canada and China, an expert warns.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Moscow can't be trusted in any agreement to end its invasion of Ukraine, as European leaders craft plans to rely less on Washington and protect the continent from more incursions by Russian President Vladimir Putin.