Trudeau Hits Back at Trump by Announcing Massive Tariffs on the United States: ‘Canada Will Not Let This Unjustified Decision Go Unanswered’
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Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday night that his country will retaliate against the U.S. if President Donald Trump goes through with his plan for tariffs on Canadian goods, which are set to take effect at 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday.

Summary

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced retaliatory tariffs after Donald Trump confirmed 25% tariffs on Canadian goods and 10% on energy, set to take effect at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday.

Trump justified the move by linking it to fentanyl smuggling concerns.

Trudeau called the tariffs “unjustified” and imposed 25% tariffs on $155 billion in U.S. goods, with $30 billion effective immediately and the rest in 21 days.

He warned of price hikes and job losses in the U.S., arguing the move violates Trump’s own trade agreement from his last term.

    • Cort@lemmy.worldEnglish
      20·
      3 hours ago

      A surprising amount of ‘American’ media is filmed and produced in Canada. Toronto Vancouver is like Hollywood North. This would probably be a footgun

      • Tiefling IRL@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
        1·
        37 minutes ago

        Producers like to film in Toronto while pretending that it’s NYC. X-Men and What We Do In The Shadows are the first things that come to mind. I still find it hilarious that the “Westchester” Train Station in X1 is in Hamilton (I believe)

        A more subtle crossover is that Ramona (Scott Pilgrim) is from NYC

        • Cort@lemmy.worldEnglish
          4·
          3 hours ago

          Ugh, I feel like a dummy. I was picturing BC in my mind and typed out Toronto. You’re 100% correct about Vancouver

      • rottingleaf@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 hours ago

        Stargate SG-1, full of blatant military propaganda (I know it’s not so bad, but), was filmed there.

    • CileTheSane@lemmy.caEnglish
      3·
      2 hours ago

      It already basically is; Anti-piracy laws in Canada don’t have a lot of teeth. I leave my torrent computer running 24 hours a day to seed and I don’t even get emails anymore after switching to a smaller service provider.

      • samus12345@lemm.eeEnglish
        1·
        2 hours ago

        In that case, the Candian government should set up an official service for downloading American stuff. Making it easy to find things would be worth a nominal fee for a lot of people.

    • lance20000@lemmy.caEnglish
      5·
      3 hours ago

      Yeah, I’m not too concerned about that. Their courts are being attacked with so much that I’m pretty sure downloading a car isn’t going to be high on their list.