The administration of Donald Trump He has threatened Canada with increasing 25% tariffs If the Canadian government retaliates and applies its own levies to imports from the US, Canadian media revealed on Saturday.
Government sources indicated to the Canadian public radio, CBC, which in addition to receiving this Saturday the confirmation that the US will apply from Tuesday 25 % tariffs to all Canadian imports except oil and gas, the Trump administration threatened to increase the percentage .
Neither Trump nor the White House have pronounced publicly this Saturday about the approval of the tariffs.
On Friday, the Canadian Prime Minister, Justin Trudeauhe warned that Canada was ready to respond to Trump’s tariffs “with an immediate, determined but reasonable response.”
For weeks, the Canadian government has been preparing lists of products from the US to which it will apply retaliation tariffs for the measures of the Trump administration.
The Canadian government has not even ruled out an energy embargo from the US, which buys 60 % of the oil that matters from abroad.
Trudeau plans to meet at 16.00 local time (21.00 GMT) with the heads of government of the 10 provinces and 3 territories of the country to finish the answer, now that the details of US tariffs are known.
Subsequently, at 18.00 local time (23.00 GMT) the Canadian prime minister will announce the Canadian reprisals.
