Canada PM Mark Carney says old relationship with US ‘is over’

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Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carne said that Canada’s old relationship with the United States “based on deepening integration between our economies, security cooperation and military cooperation.”
Speaking to reporters in Ottawa after the cabinet meeting, Carney said that the Canadians must “re -perceive our economy mainly” in the face of US President Donald Trump’s tariff.
He said that Canada would respond to the revenge definitions that will have a “maximum effect” on the United States.
Trump announced on Wednesday that it will target imported vehicles and spare parts with 25 % taxes, saying: “This is permanent.”
Carney, the leader of the liberal party, launched the original auto products agreement in Canada signed in 1965 the most important deal in his life.
“This has ended with this customs tariff,” he said.
He added that Canada can maintain the automotive industry with the US tariff, the government and commercial provided work to “re -imagine” and “re -equip” the industry.
He said that Canada needs to build an economy that Canadians can control, and this will include rethinking a commercial relationship with other partners.
He added that it remains to see whether Canadians could have a strong business relationship with the United States to move forward.
Carne has transferred his campaign plans before the general elections next month to face the latest import duties.
The United States has already imposed a 25 % tariff on Canadian goods, along with a 25 % duty on all aluminum and steel imports. Canada has averaged by about $ 60 billion in Canadian dollars (42 billion dollars; 32 billion pounds) of customs tariffs on American goods.
The White House said that the tariff of new cars will enter into force on April 2, with fees for companies that import vehicles that start the next day. Taxes are set on parts to start in May or later.
Early on Thursday morning, Trump warned Canada and the European Union against joining the forces against the United States in the trade war.
“If the European Union is working with Canada to cause economic harm in the United States of America, the customs tariff will be widely placed, much larger than currently planned, both,” as published on the social truth platform.
Carney met his ministers in Ottawa on Thursday morning to “discuss trade options.” It was originally a campaign in Quebec.
He said during his press conference that President Trump had contacted him last night to set an appointment for the call, and that he will happen in “Today or Etin”.
If this happens, this will be the first call between the husband.
Pierre Boelifer, Conservative leader, the main opposition party, described customs duties as “unjustified and unjustified.”
The National Democratic Party, a left -wing party that previously helped support the liberal minority government in Justin Trudeau, has also changed its campaign plans on Thursday.
Jagmeet Singh, leader of the National Democratic Party, today spent a meeting of union leaders and auto workers in Windsor, Ontario, a car manufacturing center opposite Detroit, Michigan.
He said that the American definitions are “betrayal” against a close ally, saying that “Donald Trump has started an illegal trade war with Canada” for “there is no reason at all.”
He said that any car company that transports its operations outside Canada due to the customs tariff must be prevented from selling cars in the country.
Canadians go to the polls on April 28.
The United States imported about eight million cars last year – representing about $ 240 billion in trade and almost a half of the total sales.

Earlier this month, after he became a liberal leader and before the oath as prime minister, Carney gave a letter in victory in the head of the American president.
He said: “The person who worships the altar of Donald Trump will kneel in front of him, and he does not stand with him.”
Mexico is the highest resource for cars to the United States, followed by South Korea, Japan, Canada and Germany.
Mexican President Claudia Shinbom, at a press conference on Thursday morning, refused to comment directly on the tariff of new cars.
She has pledged her government, “always motivated by Mexico”, and fighting to keep job creation and protect Mexican companies affected by import taxes.
She said that Mexico will provide an “integral response” to the Trump administration’s definitions on April 3, the day that many follow.
Sheinbaum has repeatedly noticed that many American car companies have operations in Mexico and Canada, which adheres to the Free Trade Agreement in North America, which Trump is negotiating himself during his first term at the White House.
“Of course, there should not be a tariff,” she said on Thursday. “This is the essence of the Free Trade Agreement.”
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2025-03-27 21:17:00