Canada has responded to President Donald Trump’s tariff war by putting tariffs on American goods. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a 25 percent tariff on US goods worth $ 30 billion on Tuesday. Reacting to this decision, Trump took a sarcasm at the Canadian Prime Minister as ‘Governor Trudeau’. US President Donald Trump warned that he would further increase the tariff on Canadian items.
Trump’s response came when Prime Minister Trudeau attacked the US President, saying that his decision to put 25 percent tariff on Canadian imports is a very stupid step. In response to this, Donald Trump wrote on his Truth social platform, ‘Please explain to Canadian Governor Trudeau that when he applies counter tariffs on America, our reciprocal tariff (counter -tariff) will increase in the same amount immediately. “
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Why did Trump call Trudeau a governor instead of PM?
A few days ago, the US President had expressed the idea of ​​making Canada the 51st state of America, which was rejected by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. After this, Trump started calling the Canadian Prime Minister ‘Governor Trudeau’, which is a kind of sarcasm on him. Actually, the administration of the state in America runs the governor. Trump has said that Canada should merge with America and become a 51st state. That is why he tightens the Canadian PM as a ‘governor’.
25% tariff on Canada and Mexico products
The Trump administration had decided to impose 25 percent tariffs on Mexican and Canadian goods, which came into effect from 4 March. President Trump had accused Mexico and Canada of taking no steps to stop smuggling drugs such as Opioids, Fentailes in the US. He had said that the purpose behind imposing tariffs on the imports of Canada and Mexico is to put pressure on these two countries to infiltrate illegal migrants and to prevent drug smuggling.
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China replied to Donald Trump’s tariff war
Accusing China of not stopping the smuggling of drugs, Trump also decided to impose an additional 10 percent tariff on its imports. In this way, now 20 percent tariffs are being taken in the US on Chinese products. China also responded to Trump’s tariff war by imposing new fees on US agriculture and food products. Beijing announced that it would impose 15 percent tariffs on American chicken, wheat, maize and cotton from March 10. He also announced a 10% additional duty on the US soybean, jowar, pork, beef, seafood, fruits, vegetables and dairy imports.