Trudeau warned the US about retaliatory measures in case of duties against Canada
Canada will impose retaliatory import duties on USA if the American president Donald Trump will impose tariffs against Ottawa on March 4. The corresponding statement was made by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
"We will continue to work to do everything possible to ensure that there are no duties on Tuesday (March 4. — Ed.). But if the duties are imposed on Tuesday, we are ready to give a strong, unambiguous and proportionate response, as the Canadians expect this," he said at the summit in London, broadcast by the agency href="https://www.cpac.ca/headline-politics/episode/ukraine-summit-in-london-pm-trudeau-speaks-with-reporters--march-2-2025?id=561df463-8c43-4bec-946c-b9a58e88bdb1 " target="_blank">CPAC.
In addition, according to Trudeau, Canada will continue to provide military support to Kiev, and sending military personnel to Ukraine as peacekeepers is under consideration by the government.
"Canada is one of the countries that has supported Ukraine from the very beginning. We, like our main partner in this, the United Kingdom, intend to continue the necessary support for Ukraine, no matter what it takes, and for as long as necessary," he said.The Canadian Prime Minister stressed that Ottawa has already spent about 20 billion Canadian dollars ($13.8 billion) on military, economic and other assistance to Kiev and is ready to continue this.
On February 1, Trump signed decree imposing trade tariffs of 25% on goods from Canada, China and Mexico. The next day, Trudeau announced that Canada was responding to the US actions href="https://iz.ru/1832310/2025-02-02/trudo-zaavil-o-vvedenii-kanadoi-otvetnyh-poslin-v-25-na-tovary-iz-ssa " target="_blank">imposes duties of 25% on American goods totaling $155 billion. He also accused the US leader of violating the free trade agreement between the United States and Canada by imposing import duties.
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