{"id":15546,"date":"2025-02-09T23:02:11","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T23:02:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/09\/trump-to-announce-25-steel-and-aluminum-tariffs-will-include-canada-national\/"},"modified":"2025-02-09T23:02:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-09T23:02:11","slug":"trump-to-announce-25-steel-and-aluminum-tariffs-will-include-canada-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/09\/trump-to-announce-25-steel-and-aluminum-tariffs-will-include-canada-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump to announce 25% steel and aluminum tariffs, will include Canada – National"},"content":{"rendered":"


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U.S. President Donald Trump<\/a> said he will formally announce 25 per cent tariffs<\/a> on all steel and aluminum imports on Monday, including for Canada and Mexico.<\/p>\n

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Trump made the comments on a press conference aboard Air Force 1 as he travelled to New Orleans to watch the Super Bowl<\/a> between the Kansas City Chiefs and Philadelphia Eagles. <\/p>\n

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Trump imposed steel and aluminum tariffs at 25 and 10 per cent respectively during his first term in March 2018 using national security as justification.<\/p>\n

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Canada was initially given an exemption to these duties, but was ultimately hit by the tariffs on May 31, 2018. Canada responded with a series of counter-tariffs on American products like Florida orange juice. <\/p>\n

Nearly a year later, on May 17, 2019, the White House announced a deal had been reached to prevent \u201csurges\u201d in the steel and aluminum supplies from Canada and Mexico, ending the trade dispute. <\/p>\n

Fox News aired a partial interview with Trump ahead of that game, where he said wants to see Canada become a state due to the unsubstantiated claim that the States is \u201cpaying $200 billion a year\u201d to its northern neighbour. <\/p>\n

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Trump says that Canada would be \u201cmuch better off\u201d as a state<\/a>, and said he\u2019d be fine with \u201csubsidizing\u201d Canada if it was a state, an apparent reference to the U.S. trade deficit with Canada.<\/p>\n

Statistics Canada says Canada\u2019s overall trade surplus with the U.S. was $94.4 billion in 2023, primarily due to oil exports.<\/p>\n

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Trump made the statement in response to a question from Fox News anchor Bret Baier in an interview<\/a> televised Sunday. <\/p>\n

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Baier asked Trump about Prime Minister Justin Trudeau\u2019s comments Friday, where Trudeau told a group on business leaders that Trump is not joking about making Canada a state. <\/p>\n

\u201cI think Canada would be much better off being a 51st state<\/a> because we lose $200 billion a year to Canada, and I\u2019m not going to let that happen,\u201d Trump told Baier.<\/p>\n