Canada's Justin Trudeau announces retaliatory tariffs following Trump's executive order

Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Saturday nighttime that his state would respond to President Donald Trump's decision to enact a 25% tariff connected Canadian exports to the U.S. by implementing a 25% tariff against $155 cardinal successful U.S. goods.

Trudeau did not specify whether the $155 cardinal successful American goods was the products' worthy successful Canadian oregon U.S. dollars. $155 cardinal successful Canadian dollars would beryllium astir $106 cardinal successful U.S. dollars.

Trudeau's comments came conscionable hours aft Trump signed an enforcement bid implementing tariffs connected goods from Canada, Mexico and China. Trump's bid implemented a 25% tariff connected imports from Mexico and Canada — excluding Canadian vigor products, which would look a 10% tariff. He besides implemented an further 10% tariff connected imports from China.

Trudeau said during the Saturday evening property league that the tariffs connected American goods see "immediate tariffs connected $30 cardinal worthy of goods arsenic of Tuesday," the time the U.S. is acceptable to statesman collecting tariffs connected Canadian goods. He said that the remainder of the tariffs volition travel successful astir 3 weeks "to let Canadian companies and proviso chains to question to find alternatives."

"Like the American tariffs, our effect volition besides beryllium acold reaching and see mundane items specified arsenic American beer, vino and bourbon, fruits and effect juices, including orangish juice, on with vegetables, perfume, covering and shoes," Trudeau said. "It'll see large user products similar household appliances, furnishings and sports equipment, and materials similar lumber and plastics, on with much, overmuch more."

Trudeau emphasized the agelong past of the U.S.-Canada confederation and argued that "if President Trump wants to usher successful a new 'golden age' for the United States, the amended way is to spouse with Canada, not to punish us."

The premier curate straight addressed Americans, saying that Trump's determination "will person existent consequences for you, the American people."

He besides encouraged Canadians to deliberation astir ways to "do your part," specified arsenic opting for Canadian-made products implicit American-made products astatine stores and changing summertime abrogation plans to enactment successful Canada.

The White House did not instantly respond to a petition for remark connected Trudeau's announcement.

Canada whitethorn not beryllium unsocial successful enacting reciprocal tariffs. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said successful Spanish in a station to X that she instructed her caput of the system "to instrumentality the Plan B we person been moving on, which includes tariff and non-tariff measures successful defence of Mexico's interests."

Sheinbaum besides slammed the tariffs, saying successful the station to X, "We categorically cull the White House's slander of the Government of Mexico alleging alliances with transgression organizations, arsenic good arsenic immoderate volition to interfere successful our territory."

"Mexico not lone does not privation fentanyl to scope the United States, it does not privation it to scope anywhere," she added successful Spanish.

"Therefore, if the United States wants to combat the transgression groups that postulation drugs and make violence, we indispensable enactment unneurotic successful a broad manner, but ever nether the principles of shared responsibility, communal trust, collaboration and supra all, respect for sovereignty, which is non-negotiable," she added. "Coordination, yes; subordination, no."

The Chinese Ministry of Commerce said successful a connection that China would record a suit with the World Trade Organization "and instrumentality indispensable countermeasures to firmly safeguard its rights and interests."

"China calls connected the U.S. to close its mistakes, enactment toward communal understanding, prosecute successful candid dialogue, fortify cooperation, and negociate differences connected the ground of equality, communal benefit, and communal respect," the connection continued.

Neither the Chinese embassy successful the U.S. nor China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs instantly responded to requests for remark Saturday evening.

China's Foreign Ministry spokesperson Mao Ning said during a property briefing earlier this week that "China has fixed enactment to the U.S.'s effect to the fentanyl contented successful the tone of humanity and goodwill, and conducted counternarcotics practice with the U.S. broadside successful a broad-based and in-depth way."

"The achievements we person made are determination for each to see," Mao continued, according to the Chinese government transcript. "We anticipation the U.S. volition enactment to proceed the hard-won affirmative dynamics successful the counternarcotics cooperation."

Tit-for-tat tariff announcements from planetary leaders could stone prices for consumers some successful the U.S. and abroad, impacting the costs of items like food, electronics and cars.

In a station to Truth Social, Trump attributed his determination to "the large menace of amerciable aliens and deadly drugs sidesplitting our Citizens, including fentanyl."

The immense bulk of fentanyl seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection has happened on the confederate border, not the bluish border, according to a public dashboard from the national agency.

China, Mexico and Canada are the top 3 suppliers of imports to the U.S., according to the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative. Mexico and Canada are U.S. allies and person agelong had dependable economical relationships with the U.S.

Trump's enforcement bid came aft helium promised successful November to contented tariffs connected goods coming from the 3 countries. During his campaign, Trump said that helium would enforce a broad tariff of up to 20% connected imports from different nations and acceptable astatine slightest a 60% tariff on Chinese products.

Trump imposed tariffs connected China during his archetypal term, resulting successful the 2 countries adding retaliatory tariffs connected each different successful what became dubbed a "trade war." Experts have warned that different bid of tariffs could ripple beyond the economy, perchance impacting nationalist information and wellness initiatives betwixt the 2 countries.