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“It’s no longer a joke,” says Jely telling the news. “There is a reason why Canadians, when they go out of a hockey game, crashing American national anthem … we’re insulting. We’re angry.
His comments come after the 25% of tariffs in the products entered the US from Canada on Tuesday. Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeu calls that a “dumb thing to do” and announces retaliators tariffs.
However, the US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said Trump “may” inform an agreement to reduce tariffs on Wednesday.
In response, Jely told the BBC “at the end of the day, the only one who broke a decision was President Trump”.
He said there was no secretary of Trump administration to contact their Canadian counterparts on Monday or Tuesday about tariffs.
Trump announced 25% tariff in Canada and Mexico on 4 February, but enforcement was delayed until 4 March. Canadian energy imports face a 10% tariff.
Ontario Premier Dourier Ford implemented a 25% surcharge of electric export to three US states, and if the tariffs increased, said he would consider Michigan’s cutting, New York and Minnesota from Canada’s power.
Trump also imposes a 10% tariff of things worth more than $ 800 (£ 645) from China in February, doubling in March. China replied with its own tariffs.
The White House said When the tariffs were introduced that it is “taking bold action to hold (the three countries) are responsible for their promises to abandon illegal immigration and cessation of poisonous fentanyl and other drugs from the flow of our country”.
Fendanyl is linked to thousands of overdose dead in the US each year.
Trudeau says his country is responsible for less than 1% of the fentanyl to enter the US.
Canada has Recognizes new boundary security measures In December, in response to Tarko threats to Trump before he took office.
“We do not want this trading war. We do everything needed under the executive order to make sure your boundary is safe and secure with the Trump administration against us”.
Jely said Canada is “canary of the coal mine”, with Europeans next, and the UK after that. Trumpet threatening 25% tariff in the European Union as well.
He said Canada and UK should work together: “So that’s why I’m going to London to make sure that if we have tariffs that we have to work on tariff tariffs well.”
Jely said that public cans of Canada who are not pleasing to the US is not “against the American people. We are the best friends of the American people”.
He calls tariffs to the largest US trading partner a “useless threat”.
“We can’t stop our watch,” he said. “We need to make sure we’re fighting back.”
