Canada is less than 72 hours away from the potential 25 per cent tariffs<\/a> being imposed by U.S. President Donald Trump<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Provincial and territorial leaders held a virtual meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau earlier today, and Saskatchewan premier Scott Moe said his message was broad dollar-for-dollar counter tariffs \u201caren\u2019t on from Saskatchewan\u2019s perspective.\u201d<\/p>\n Moe told reporters in Regina ahead of the meeting that everything leaders say and do must be focused on \u201cde-escalating the entire conversation around tariffs.\u201d<\/p>\n He says he\u2019d support a discussion around a targeted package of tariffs and it\u2019s worth considering actions like those taken several years ago during a meat-labelling dispute with the U.S.<\/p>\n Moe also says export charges on farm machinery manufactured in Saskatchewan would have a short-term impact on the province\u2019s industry but cost American farmers more.<\/p>\n Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u201cWe should not be in any way escalating the conversation to broad-based, dollar-for-dollar tariffs,\u201d\u00a0Moe<\/a> said Wednesday at the the Western Canada Economic Forum.<\/p>\n Get the day’s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u201cExport tariffs \u2026 if we were to start exporting like potash or oil, if the federal government saw fit to (add tariffs), would rip this country apart.\u201d<\/p>\n Instead, Moe said he favours targeted counter-tariffs and communication with the American public.<\/p>\n \u201cWe need to constantly be communicating about the impact, not only of a broad-based tariff from the U.S. but the impact of what potential counter-tariffs would be,\u201d Moe said.<\/p>\n \n\t\t\t![\"Get](\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\")
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