New Delhi:
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as soon as once more dismissed US President-elect Donald Trump’s remarks suggesting Canada may turn into the 51st state of the US. Trudeau termed Trump’s feedback as a distraction tactic.
“That is not gonna occur. Canadians are extremely pleased with being Canadian. One of many methods we outline ourselves most simply is – we aren’t American,” Trudeau mentioned in an interview with CNN. “What I believe is going on in that is President Trump, who’s a really skilful negotiator, is getting folks to be considerably distracted by that dialog.”
Trump lately urged imposing 25 per cent tariffs on all Canadian imports except Ottawa enhances border safety, a transfer Trudeau warned would impression each economies. Trudeau mentioned US shoppers would bear the brunt of elevated costs if such tariffs had been applied.
“Oil and gasoline and electrical energy and metal and aluminum and lumber and concrete and every little thing the American shoppers purchase from Canada [are] immediately going to get much more costly if he strikes ahead on these tariffs,” Trudeau mentioned.
Trudeau additionally referred to Canada’s earlier use of counter-tariffs throughout a 2018 commerce dispute, focusing on American items like Heinz ketchup, taking part in playing cards, bourbon, and Harley-Davidson bikes.
“However we do not need to do this as a result of it drives up costs for Canadians and it harms our closest buying and selling companion,” Trudeau mentioned.
Trump’s remarks are the most recent in a sequence of bizarre territorial concepts, together with tall claims of buying Greenland throughout his first time period. The proposal drew sharp rejection from Danish and Greenlandic officers.
“There is not a snowball’s likelihood in hell that Canada would turn into a part of the US,” Trudeau had mentioned earlier this week, rejecting Trump’s proposal.Â
