Chrystia Freeland, a Liberal leadership candidate, suggests Canada should immediately implement $200 billion in retaliatory tariffs against the US to deter President Donald Trump's threat of imposing 25% tariffs on Canadian imports. Freeland argues this strategy will pressure key American businesses and lobby groups to convince Trump to drop the tariff threat.
OTTAWA — Liberal leadership candidate Chrystia Freeland argues Canada can turn the tables on U.S. President Donald Trump and avoid massive U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods by scaring key American businesses.
The idea is to put enough pressure on politically connected lobby groups from key states — Florida orange growers, Wisconsin dairy farmers and Michigan manufacturers — to convince them to call on Trump to drop the tariff threat. “I can understand why it suits for electoral purposes," he said."She's going to stand up to the bully and there'll probably be tons of people who will go along with voting for that.
"We believe that diplomacy can work, and that's why we're having private conversations and we won't negotiate in front of the public. We believe that our arguments are strong," she told reporters Monday on Parliament Hill."We have leverage. We have, also, different levers. We are the biggest customer to the U.S."
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