Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau believes that President Trump's talk of annexing Canada is a tactic to divert attention from the negative impact his proposed tariffs would have on American consumers.
The Canadian prime minister said ‘everything American consumers buy from Canada ’ would ‘get a lot more expensive’ if Trump introduced his proposed tariffs. Canadian PM says ‘skilful negotiator’ Trump is trying to distract from the rise in prices that would follow his proposed tariffs, has described Donald Trump ’s talk of possibly annexing Canada as a tactic designed to distract people from the impact of his proposed tariffs.
“What I think is happening in this is President Trump, who is a very skilful negotiator, is getting people to be somewhat distracted by that conversation,” Trudeau told CNN when asked about Trump’s remarks. “Oil and gas and electricity and steel and aluminium and lumber and concrete and everything the American consumers buy from Canada would get a lot more expensive.” Trudeau recalled that during a bilateral trade dispute in 2018, Canada put tariffs on Heinz ketchup, playing cards, bourbon and Harley-Davidson motorcycles, “things that would hurt American workers”. He added: “But we don’t want to do that because it drives up prices for Canadians and it harms our closest trading partner.
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