Canada’s New Leader: Tariffs Remain Until US Shows ‘Respect’
Liberal Party Elects Mark Carney to Succeed Justin Trudeau
Mark Carney, Leader of the Liberal Party of Canada, speaks after being announced the winner at the Liberal Leadership Event in Ottawa on March 9. (Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP)
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Canada will keep in place its retaliatory tariffs against U.S.-made products as long as President Donald Trump persists with a trade war, said Mark Carney, the Canadian prime minister-designate.
“The Canadian government is rightly retaliating with our own tariffs,” Carney said during his victory speech March 9. “My government will keep our tariffs on until the Americans show us respect — and make credible, reliable commitments to free and fair trade.”
Canada’s Liberal Party elected the former central banker to succeed Justin Trudeau and lead the country as it faces economic and sovereignty threats from President Donald Trump.
Carney, the former governor of the Bank of Canada and Bank of England, will be sworn in as prime minister within days. It was a blowout victory — he received 86% of the vote.
The Trump administration put 25% tariffs on most Canadian and Mexican products last week, prompting Canada to respond with its own 25% levies on C$30 billion ($20.9 billion) worth of items, including orange juice, coffee and fruit. The government has threatened to expand that to include additional C$125 billion in U.S.-produced goods, including cars and trucks, steel and other food items.
While Trump delayed the new duties on many products, there’s still the threat they will return in April.
In his speech, Carney made several remarks about U.S. tariffs:
- “There’s someone who’s trying to weaken our economy. Donald Trump has put unjustified tariffs on what we build,
