Rafi Schwartz
Perhaps contrary to its national reputation of equanimity, Canada is matching President Donald Trump's bellicosity about tariffs with a steely resolve. The actions "by the White House split us apart instead of bringing us together," said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in a Saturday speech. The country has wasted little time readying retaliatory measures against the Trump administration's planned tariffs.
In a fitting metaphor for the United States' standing with Canada, the typically jocular hockey rivalry between the two nations took on a sharper edge as Canadian fans drowned out the U.S. national anthem with a chorus of boos at recent games against American teams. But arena-echoing jeers aren't Canada's only response to the Trump administration's trade war, initially set to go into effect this week but delayed a month after last-minute negotiations.
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Canada plans on "moving forward with 25% tariffs on $155 billion worth of goods in response to the unjustified and unreasonable tariffs imposed by the United States on Canadian goods," its government said. The retaliatory tariffs will apply to "American products like orange juice, peanut butter, wine, spirits, beer, coffee, appliance, apparel, footwear, motorcycles, cosmetics and pulp and paper," said the CBC — goods that Canada would ordinarily import from the U.S. "for which there is a replacement" from other countries, said Finance and Intergovernmental affairs minister Dominic LeBlanc. Trudeau has also encouraged shoppers to focus on buying Canadian products, "effectively urging a boycott of U.S. goods," said The Associated Press.
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