Prime Minister Carney says Canada is ready to respond if Trump’s new tariffs go into effect
VANCOUVER, British Columbia: Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday that Canada is intensifying negotiations with the United States to reach a comprehensive trade deal but is prepared to respond should President Donald Trump’s threat of 50 percent tariffs on Canadian goods go into effect.
The new tariffs, announced by Trump on Monday, are scheduled to come into effect Aug. 19.
“If these tariffs, or other measures come into force, there’s a full range of things that we can do in that regard,” Carney said after meeting with Canada’s premiers and territorial leaders in Charletown, Prince Edward Island.
Carney said “everything’s on the table” if an agreement can’t be reached before the tariffs kick in.
