US President Donald Trump speaks to the property upon returning to Joint Base Andrews successful Maryland connected January 13, 2026.
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President Donald Trump connected Saturday warned Canada that the U.S. would enforce 100% tariff connected goods sold successful the U.S. if the state strikes a commercialized woody with China.
"If Canada makes a deal with China, it volition instantly beryllium deed with a 100% Tariff against each Canadian goods and products coming into the U.S.A.," the president wrote successful a Truth Social post.
Trump also suggested Saturday that China would effort to usage Canada to effort to debar paying U.S. tariffs.
"If Governor Carney thinks helium is going to marque Canada a 'Drop Off Port' for China to nonstop goods and products into the United States, helium is sorely mistaken," Trump stated.
Earlier this month, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that Canada and China reached a preliminary woody to region commercialized barriers and little tariffs. Under the tentative agreement, Canada would let up to 49,000 Chinese electrical vehicles into its marketplace astatine the most-favored-nation tariff complaint of 6.1%. China, successful return, would little tariffs connected Canadian canola effect to astir 15%, Carney said.
Just a week ago, Trump had voiced his enactment for Carney on the China commercialized deal.
"That's what helium should beryllium doing. It's a bully happening for him to motion a commercialized deal. If you tin get a woody with China, you should bash that," Trump told reporters astatine the White House connected Jan. 16.
In August 2025, Trump raised the tariff connected Canadian goods to 35%. Duties aren't imposed connected astir Canadian exports nether the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA), but immoderate goods, including steel, copper and definite autos and car parts, are taxable to U.S. tariffs.
The caller tariff menace comes 1 time aft Trump withdrew the invitation to Canada to articulation his "Board of Peace" aft Carney's code astatine the World Economic Forum successful Davos that cautioned against economical coercion by the world's superpowers.
In his speech, Carney said the world's "middle powers" indispensable set unneurotic to defy coercion from the world's largest powers.
Carney said past week that he intended to articulation the board but the details hadn't been worked out. States seeking a imperishable committee spot would person to wage a $1 cardinal fee.
— Reuters contributed to this report.
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