Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks firstly of a Cupboard Planning Discussion board on the Citadelle in Quebec Metropolis, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026.
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to impose a 100% tariff on items imported from Canada if America’s northern neighbor went forward with its China commerce deal.
Trump mentioned in a social media submit that if Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney “thinks he’s going to make Canada a ‘Drop Off Port’ for China to ship items and merchandise into the US, he’s sorely mistaken.”
Whereas Trump has waged a commerce struggle over the previous 12 months, Canada this month negotiated a deal to decrease tariffs on Chinese language electrical autos in return for decrease import taxes on Canadian farm merchandise.
Trump initially had mentioned that settlement was what Carney “needs to be doing and it is a good factor for him to signal a commerce deal.”
Carney’s workplace didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Trump’s risk got here amid an escalating disagreement with Carney because the Republican president’s push to accumulate Greenland strained the NATO alliance. Trump had commented whereas in Davos, Switzerland, this week that “Canada lives due to the US.” Carney shot again that his nation could be an instance that the world doesn’t need to bend towards autocratic tendencies.
Trump later revoked his invitation to Carney to affix the president’s “Board of Peace” that he’s forming to attempt to resolve international conflicts.
Trump’s push to accumulate Greenland has come after he has repeatedly needled Canada over its sovereignty and advised it even be absorbed the US as a 51st state.
He resumed that this week, posting an altered picture on social media exhibiting a map of the US that included Canada, Venezuela, Greenland and Cuba as a part of its territory.
In his message Saturday, Trump continued his provocations by calling Canada’s chief “Governor Carney.” Trump had used the identical nickname for Carney’s predecessor, Justin Trudeau, and his use of it towards Carney was the newest mark of their soured relationship.
Carney has emerged as a pacesetter of a motion for international locations to search out methods to hyperlink up and counter the U.S. below Trump. Talking in Davos earlier than Trump, Carney mentioned, “Center powers should act collectively as a result of in case you are not on the desk, you’re on the menu.”
Trump, in his Reality Social submit Saturday, additionally mentioned that “China will eat Canada alive, utterly devour it, together with the destruction of their companies, social material, and basic lifestyle.”
Carney has not but reached a cope with Trump to scale back among the tariffs that he has imposed on key sectors of the Canadian financial system. However Canada has been protected by the heaviest impression of Trump’s tariffs by the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Settlement. That commerce settlement is up for a overview this 12 months.
Within the fall, the Canadian province of Ontario aired an anti-tariff advert within the U.S. that prompted Trump to finish commerce talks with Canada. The tv advert used the phrases of former President Ronald Reagan to criticize U.S. tariffs. Trump pledged to extend tariffs on imports of Canadian items by an additional 10%. He didn’t comply with by way of.
As for China, Canada had initially mirrored the US by placing a 100% tariff on electrical autos from Beijing and a 25% tariff on metal and aluminum. China had responded by imposing 100% import taxes on Canadian canola oil and meal and 25% on pork and seafood.
However as Trump’s pursued strain ways, Canada’s overseas coverage has been much less aligned with the U.S., creating a gap for an improved relationship with China. Carney made the tariff announcement earlier this month throughout a go to to Beijing.
Carney has mentioned that Canada’s relationship with the U.S. is complicated and deeper and that Canada and China disagree on points similar to human rights.
Canada is the highest export vacation spot for 36 U.S. states. Practically $3.6 billion Canadian (US $2.7 billion) price of products and companies cross the border every day. About 60% of U.S. crude oil imports are from Canada, as are 85% of U.S. electrical energy imports.
Canada can be the biggest overseas provider of metal, aluminum and uranium to the U.S. and has 34 essential minerals and metals that the Pentagon is keen for and investing in for nationwide safety.
