The Canadians are waiting for the promised US tariff details that could make the Canadian economy inconvenienced.
U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to hit tariffs in Canada and stayed on February 1 as they came. He indicated on Friday that he intends to make his promise.
White House spokeswoman Caroline Rivit said that the president would carry out 25 % of tariffs on both Canada and Mexico, and to carry 10 % of tariffs in China from Saturday.
Trump himself gave an elliptical office reporter a vague photo of how his plan was shaped.
- Customs duties include oil and gas from February 18 or “surroundings”.
- The collection of petroleum is probably 10 % of “probably”, but it was unknown whether a lower duties would be applied from the beginning.
- Steel and aluminum have a lot of tariffs.
- The tariff contains “ultimately” copper, but “it takes a little time”.
- There was no concern about the financial market reaction to his plan.
- Customs duties may increase “significantly” over time.
President Donald Trump said that he was not looking for concessions after confirming that the White House was conducting 25 % of the import from Canada on Saturday. Trump added that it would probably set a 10 % tariff on Canada oil.
Experts say that only 10 % will shave. Billions of GDP in Canada And there is a possibility that a recession that requires government stimuli to support the economy of the country.
Trump changed back and forth when he stated his reasons in Canada. He initially indicated that it was necessary to collect duties to spur the Canadian government to strengthen border security, but the President was dissatisfied with the trade deficit.
On Friday, Trump accused Canada in trade that we are “treating us very unfairly.”
US government Unique data It suggests that the trade with Canada was $ 55 billion as of November 2024. However, Canadian officials argue that Americans actually have a trade surplus with Canada when oil exports are excluded. This data excludes American services consumed by Canadians. This is from the entertainment industry.
Trump has also raised immigrants and drugs from Canada to the United States, suggesting that most of these entries explain the southern borders.
The number of US customs border security has shown that last year it seized Fentanyl of only 19.5 kilograms on the northern border.
Illegal migration to the United States via Canada has grown in recent years.
According to Agency’s data, a US -American -like police officer recorded nearly 200,000 people on the northern border between October 2023 and September 2024. This is almost twice the number recorded in the same period of 2022, six times the number found in 2020.
Nevertheless, the number of cases on the Canadian border last year was only 1 % of the total number of people who were stopped by the US border guards, and began to enter the country between checkpoints.
On the other hand, the United States was the best source of information. Illegal firearms in Canada。
Nevertheless, Ottawa has shown motivation to involve Trump due to border issues, announcing a $ 1.3 billion border package, deriving more personnel and skills, and the 49th parallel.
But the president said on Friday that there was nothing to do to convince the Canadian government to reverses the course.
“We are not looking for concessions. We just see what will happen,” said Trump on Friday.
