The Trump Administration appears to have changed strategy to try convince to the neighbor Canada that it is a bad idea to do business with China. After the return to the White House of a Donald Trump who has played the card of and even proposed it to the American, Washington once again threatened to impose more tariffs after learning that for electric vehicles and other products such as canola.
“If Canada reaches an agreement with China, all Canadian goods and products entering the United States,” warned Donald himself Trump when said pact was transcended. It doesn’t seem to have had any effectnor is there any sign of a reversal of what was signed between the Canadian and Chinese authorities.
In this framework, Trump has opted for a warning, regarding “the first thing the Chinese will do” to Canada if they sign an agreement, announcing that he knows it because he knows Xi Jinping very well. “He is a friend of mine,” he stressed before the press, precisely, after having been asked about a similar step by what is considered his greatest ally in Europe.
Trump warns of “the first thing China will do” to Canada: “President Xi is a friend of mine”
At the request of journalists, Trump has appreciated that the fact that the United Kingdom does business with China and expands its commercial ties “it’s very dangerous”. He has clarified that “it is very dangerous for them to do so”, clearing up the question of whether it would not be more dangerous for the United States. And that was when he gave Canada as an example.
“I know China very well. I know that President Xi is a friend of mine. I know him very well. But that is a big obstacle to overcome when it comes to Canada,” he stated before the press, to release the warning that has caused some perplexity. “The first thing they will do [las autoridades chinas] That is to say, you can no longer play ice hockey.”has assured about the Canadian national sport.
It should be noted that, after signing the trade agreement, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney did explain that they were not looking for a free trade agreement with China, since they are in the midst of talks for a new one that is heir to NAFTA (NAFTA, in Spanish) – which includes Canada, the US and Mexico – and give priority to that trade bloc, although the Trump Administration’s trade policy complicates this possibility.
