{"id":16344,"date":"2025-02-12T16:55:42","date_gmt":"2025-02-12T16:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/12\/trudeau-says-canada-as-51st-state-is-a-non-starter-vows-tariff-response-national\/"},"modified":"2025-02-12T16:55:42","modified_gmt":"2025-02-12T16:55:42","slug":"trudeau-says-canada-as-51st-state-is-a-non-starter-vows-tariff-response-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/torontotribune.ca\/index.php\/2025\/02\/12\/trudeau-says-canada-as-51st-state-is-a-non-starter-vows-tariff-response-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Trudeau says Canada as 51st state is a \u2018non-starter,\u2019 vows tariff response &#8211; National"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-socialshare=\"true\">\n<div id=\"article-fontSizer\" class=\"c-fontSizer\">\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--decrease c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" 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Canada\u2019s relations with its European allies as tariff tensions with the United States continue.<\/p>\n<p>On Monday, Trump said he would <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11012861\/trump-steel-aluminum-tariffs-order\/\">impose 25 per cent tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports<\/a> coming to the United States, including from Canada, on March 12.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad c-ad--tallSticky\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11015442\/donald-trump-tariffs-stacked\/\">The White House confirmed to Global News<\/a> the 25 per cent metal tariffs would stack on top of the broad-based 25 per cent tariffs on all Canadian goods, which Trump paused for 30 days.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h3>Get daily National news<\/h3>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>That means the effective tariff for Canadian steel and aluminum will add up to 50 per cent.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, Trump on Monday\u00a0also <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11013600\/donald-trump-canadian-cars-tariff\/\">threatened a tariff of between 50 and 100 per cent on Canadian vehicles.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In response to Trump\u2019s executive order on Feb. 1 for the original vow of 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods, <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/10993895\/canada-counter-tariffs-full-list\/\">Canada released its own list of planned counter-tariffs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"l-article__part\" data-shortcode=\"tp_video\">\n<div class=\"c-video c-videoPlay \" data-iframe-receiver=\"\" data-autoplay=\"\" data-displayinline-featured=\"false\" data-displayinline-type=\"video\" data-displayinline-player-id=\"miniplayer_11010170_67acd28e90af6\" data-displayinline-video-id=\"11010170\" data-displayinline-ratio=\"16:9\" data-displayinline=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/video\/embed\/11010170\/#autoplay&amp;stickyiframe=miniplayer_11010170_67acd28e90af6\" data-displayinline-sticky=\"true\">\n<div class=\"c-video__inner \">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"c-video__placeholder\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Trudeau believes Trump wants Canada to be 51st U.S. state'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" 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class=\"c-video__title\">Trudeau believes Trump wants Canada to be 51st U.S. state<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<section id=\"content-dynamic-trending-stories\" class=\"l-inlineStories l-inlineStories--tile u-hide-tablet-landscape\" aria-label=\"Dynamic trending stories section\">\n<p>\n\t\t<span class=\"l-inlineStories__title c-heading c-heading--strikethrough\">Trending Now<\/span>\n\t<\/p>\n<ul class=\"l-inlineStories__posts c-posts c-posts--inline \">\n<li class=\"c-posts__item\">\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11014594\/cancer-pill-alberta-promising-early-results\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-posts__media \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" data-src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Luc-Berthiaume.jpg?quality=85&amp;strip=all&amp;w=336&amp;h=224&amp;crop=1\" 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