MONTREAL — U.S. President Donald Trump's trade threats are topping the agenda for the Liberal party's English language leadership debate — the second in as many days and the last of the campaign.
MONTREAL — U.S. President Donald Trump's trade threats are topping the agenda for the Liberal party's English language leadership debate — the second in as many days and the last of the campaign.Presumed front-runner Mark Carney said he would quickly gather the premiers together and hit back with dollar-for-dollar tariffs designed to have minimal impacts in Canada.
Former finance minister Chrystia Freeland said she would immediately take aim at Trump’s best friends and hit them with a wave of targeted counter-tariffs that would cause an immediate stock market reaction. She said lobby groups such as the American Farm Bureau would quickly complain to Trump about the Canadian products they need becoming too expensive.
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