WASHINGTON — Key cabinet ministers returned to Washington Tuesday to keep pressing Canada's economic case as a month-long pause on Donald Trump's tariff threat has done little to ease Canada's concerns.
WASHINGTON — Key cabinet ministers returned to Washington Tuesday to keep pressing Canada's economic case as a month-long pause on Donald Trump's tariff threat has done little to ease Canada's concerns.
The temporary tariff reprieve has prevented — at least until March 4 — a continental trade war that economists on both sides of the border warned would raise prices. "We've collectively shown that when Canada's interests are in danger our political identity no longer matters, there's only one team and that is Team Canada," Trudeau told the crowd.
The pause on damaging duties brought little comfort to many in Canada's labour and business communities, who say the lingering threat slows investment and causes market insecurity. Trump also spoke with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Monday morning. After a second call with Trump in the mid-afternoon, Trudeau announced the tariffs on Canada would be paused in a post on social media that also outlined his government's $1.3 billion plan to address the president's stated concerns about border security. Trudeau's government unveiled most of that plan in December.
Canada's ability to enhance Trump's energy agenda can turn the conversation away from duties back to bilateral co-operation through the trade pact, Wilkinson said.
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