Canada Warns Trump 10% Tariff Risks Sparking Global Retaliation
- Trudeau government expects exemption from duties, envoy says
- Trump on campaign trail promises 10% import duty on partners
Donald Trump during a joint news conference with Justin Trudeau in 2017 in Washington, DC.
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Donald Trump’s campaign promise to hike import tariffs could trigger retaliation from other nations including trade partners, Canada’s ambassador to the US warned.
Ambassador Kirsten Hillman said in an interview Friday that Canada thinks the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement for free trade, negotiated during Trump’s first term, should exclude it from his plan to impose 10% duties on goods from around the world if he’s elected to another term in November. Chinese imports would face a 60% tariff.