On December 11, local time, Canadian Prime Minister Trudeau held another meeting with provincial premiers to discuss the tariff threats of US President-elect Trump.
This is the second time Trudeau has held a meeting with provincial premiers since Trump threatened to impose a high tariff of 25% on Canada last month. It is also the first time Trudeau has held a meeting with the premiers since he had dinner with Trump at Mar-a-Lago.
Trudeau said that if Trump really continues to impose a 25% tariff on all Canadian goods shipped to the United States, Canada is ready to make some kind of response. The outside world believes that this statement means that Canada will impose retaliatory tariffs on some US goods.
After Trudeau held his first meeting with the premiers, Canada stated that it would strengthen the problem of illegal immigration, guns and drug flows at the Canada-US border, but it is still unknown whether this will change Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on Canada.
US President-elect Trump posted on social media on November 25 that after he takes office on January 20 next year, he will sign the necessary documents to impose a 25% tariff on all products imported from Canada and Mexico to the United States. The plan immediately provoked strong backlash from Mexico and Canada after it was announced.