The president of the United States, Donald Trump, threatened this Saturday to impose a 100% tariff on all Canadian products if the North American country finalizes a trade agreement with China. The US president stated on his social media Truth Social that if Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney “thinks he is going to turn Canada into a gateway for China to send goods and products to the United States, he is very mistaken”. A direct warning from the White House “China will swallow Canada, it will devour it completely, including the destruction of its companies, its social fabric, and its overall lifestyle”. During his participation this week at the World Economic Forum, held in Switzerland, Trump assured that “Canada exists thanks to the United States”, a phrase that generated reactions in both countries. Canada's response For his part, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney replied that Canadians are the “masters of their own home” and maintained that his nation can be an example that the world does not have to yield to authoritarian trends, in defense of its economic and political sovereignty.
