This article discusses Canada's efforts to secure support from European allies in response to U.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs on steel and aluminum. It highlights Canada's diplomatic mission in Brussels and the meeting between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and European leaders. The article also explores the potential role of the British Royal Family in mediating the situation and examines the economic impact of the tariffs on Canadian communities.
Good Wednesday morning. In today's Politics This Morning: Duclos announces a new training partnership for RAF pilots. The Bank of Canada publishes its analysis behind the recent interest rate cut. The Mayor of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., reveals the impact of steel tariffs on the local economy.
In Canada's fight against its greatest ally, the United States, the country is looking to drive up support from other partners, and who better to team up with than countries from Europe—the continent where Canada's original colonizers hailed from. According to British media, Buckingham Palace may at some point need to intervene amid U.S. President DONALD TRUMP’s annexation threats to Canada. Trump, after all, loves the royal family’s pomp and glory, and perhaps a cup of tea with King Charles could be what it takes to get him off his Canada invasion high horse. Not that the Brits have officially said anything on the subject, nor would they. A royal commentator earlier told CTV News that “this is a political matter, and therefore the King needs to leave it to the politicians.” While that golden door remains shut, Prime Minister JUSTIN TRUDEAU is today meeting Europe’s other leaders in Brussels, Belgium, to co-ordinate a unified response to Trump’s tariffs, and hopefully extend Canada’s trade relations with the EU. He is meeting European Council President ANTÓNIO COSTA and the European Commission head URSULA VON DER LEYEN, and will also catch up with NATO’s secretary general MARK RUTTE alongside Defence Minister BILL BLAIR. Minister of National Defence Bill Blair. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade After the U.S. president signed an executive order to impose a 25 per cent levy on all steel and aluminum imported into the country from March 12, Von der Leyen said they would safeguard their economic interests and protect their workers. Yesterday, she also shared a picture with U.S. Vice-President J.D. VANCE— who was at the AI Action Summit in Paris for the last two days—and said they had a “good discussion” on their “shared challenges as allies.” Trudeau, too, met Vance on the sidelines of the summit, and raised the consequences of the tariffs on his home state of Ohio, as per Canadian Press. If the tariffs are not rolled back before the deadline, Trudeau said Canada’s response would be “firm and clear.” This is in addition to the existing 30-day challenge to thwart the 25 per cent tariff on all Canadian goods exported to the U.S. Trump officials reportedly said yesterday that the tariffs on steel and aluminum would be on top of these general tariffs, meaning that these two trade items could eventually be taxed at 50 per cent. The levy of the first batch of tariffs on Canada currently hinges on the border security plan and the newly-appointed fentanyl czar, KEVIN BROSSEAU. More on that later. Canada’s premiers, meanwhile, are on a mission in Washington, D.C., to meet American lawmakers and business leaders, and make their case against tariffs. Ford pitches his ideas for fortress AM-CAN in Washington Addressing the U.S. Chamber of Commerce yesterday, Ontario Premier DOUG FORD claimed that while America and Canada are starting to wage an economic war, China is gaining from the feud. He repeated his pitch to build a “fortress AM-CAN”—a new union between the two countries, that he said could put an end to shipments of Chinese goods via Mexico, India, and other countries, among other things. Taking shots at Mexico, he called for the country to match the tariffs imposed on Chinese EVs, steel and aluminum under CUSMA, or if not, “lose their seat at the table.” Ontario Premier Doug Ford and a delegation of other provincial premiers are in Washington. D.C. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade Secondly, he said, the AM-CAN union can remove 'anti-worker' and 'anti-business' taxes to better integrate the economies of the two countries. He also proposed designating certain sites that have deposits of critical minerals as being of strategic importance to national security, and devising a special regulatory process to mine them. Additionally, he said the union could bring the two countries together on energy production and sharing, and cracking down on drug crimes. His full address can be watched on CPAC here. Officials from Canada’s steel towns say tariffs will have a major impact on local economies The Mayor of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., MATTHEW SHOEMAKER, told Politics This Morning that the Algoma steel plant in their town accounts for 50 per cent of their economic activity, which is under threat if the tariff on Canadian steel is applied on March 12. “Any dollar that doesn't get spent by the steel maker on its operations, maintenance, supplies, employees, is a dollar that is coming out of our local economy and a dollar that won't be spent at retailers, at grocery stores, at restaurants, at cafes,” he said. When U.S
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