Slobfather's short-sighted trade war with Canada is already hurting the US
It was a whirlwind three days for American-Canadian relations. On Feb. 1, the Trump administration slapped a 25 percent tariff on Canadian exports, and a 10 percent tariff on its energy products. At the eleventh hour, after two conversations with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, President Trump agreed to pause the implementation of tariffs for 30 days.
His apparent justification for this unprecedented breaking of the Canada-U.S. relationship is Canada’s weak border security and illicit flows of migrants and fentanyl coming into the U.S. The 30-day reprieve came after Trudeau gave assurances about redoubling efforts to address Trump’s concerns. Most of those policies had already been announced by the Canadian government weeks ago.
This temporary sigh of relief, however, does not resolve the fundamental issue.
The problem is that Trump’s tariffs will be counterproductive and damage Canada’s capacity to invest in national security and defense. If Trump really wants a more secure border and for Canada to get its national security in order, he is going about it the wrong way.
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