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Justin Trudeau warns Donald Trump in the midst of tariff threats: “We will have an immediate and extremely strong response”

Justin Trudeau warns Donald Trump in the midst of tariff threats: “We will have an immediate and extremely strong response”

The Prime Minister of Canada, Justin Trudeau, issued a strict warning to the United States on Friday in the midst of the possible imposition of tariffs by the Donald Trump administration, saying that his government will have an “immediate and extremely strong” response.

According to an anni report, citing CBC News, Trudeau assured that Canada will take the necessary measures To avoid rates.

“We will continue doing that job and do everything necessary to prevent these rates from arriving, but as I said, if on Tuesday there are unjustified rates brought in Canada, we will have an immediate and extremely strong response, as Canadians expect,” he said.

The Canadian Prime Minister said the government focuses on ensuring that the Trump administration does not impose tariffs in the country.

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“The first thing about tariffs is to emphasize that our government, and in fact the entire Canada team, the prime ministers, the business leaders, the community leaders, focus on one thing, making sure that it arrives on Tuesday and during the following weeks, there are no tariffs imposed on Canada,” he said.

Tensions grow between us and Canada

Justin Trudeau statement It comes to the back of the growing tensions between the United States and Canada.

The president of the United States, Donald Trump, has repeatedly away that Canada and Mexico are sending illicit drugs to the United States.

To counteract this, Trump said he will advance with the imposition of tariffs in both countries, as of March 4.

In addition to this, reciprocal tariffs will continue until April 2 with full strength, according to the Trump administration.

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However, Justin Trudeau based such accusations made by Donald Trump.

“The tariffs that the president speaks for next week focus on the fentanyl crisis they face in the United States, but we also face in Canada,” said Canadian Prime Minister.

“And for months, I have been emphasizing that less than one percent of the fentanyl that arrives in the United States comes from Canada,” he added.

What did Donald Trump say?

President of the United States Donald Trump On February 4 he had arrested the imposition of tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico for 30 days, saying that he spoke with his counterparts from both countries and reached the decision.

“Drugs are still arriving in our country from Mexico and Canada at very high and unacceptable levels. A large percentage of these drugs, much of them in the form of a fentanyl, are carried out and supplied in China. More than 100,000 people died last year due to the distribution of these dangerous and highly addictive,” Trump said in a social truth.

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Citing drug smuggling across the border, Trump has promised to stop or “limit” such drugs, especially fentanil.

“Millions of people have died in the last two decades. The families of the victims are devastated and, in many cases, practically destroyed. We cannot allow this scourge to continue damaging the United States and, therefore, until it stops, or it is seriously limited, the proposed tariffs scheduled to enter into March 4, in fact, they will effectively enter, as scheduled,” read the publication of Trump.

In addition, China will also be charged an additional 10 percent rate of March 4.

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