{"id":130387,"date":"2024-11-26T20:06:44","date_gmt":"2024-11-26T13:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=130387"},"modified":"2024-11-26T20:06:44","modified_gmt":"2024-11-26T13:06:44","slug":"ontario-chief-leads-canadian-criticism-of-trump-tariff-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hotvideos24.online\/?p=130387","title":{"rendered":"Ontario chief leads Canadian criticism of Trump tariff plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"fluid\"\r\n     data-ad-layout-key=\"-fb+5w+4e-db+86\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-3711241968723425\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"7910942971\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 EXUng\">\n<div data-testid=\"hero-image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/a9e2\/live\/55706160-abea-11ef-bdf5-b7cb2fa86e10.png.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/a9e2\/live\/55706160-abea-11ef-bdf5-b7cb2fa86e10.png.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/a9e2\/live\/55706160-abea-11ef-bdf5-b7cb2fa86e10.png.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/a9e2\/live\/55706160-abea-11ef-bdf5-b7cb2fa86e10.png.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/a9e2\/live\/55706160-abea-11ef-bdf5-b7cb2fa86e10.png.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/a9e2\/live\/55706160-abea-11ef-bdf5-b7cb2fa86e10.png.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/a9e2\/live\/55706160-abea-11ef-bdf5-b7cb2fa86e10.png.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/a9e2\/live\/55706160-abea-11ef-bdf5-b7cb2fa86e10.png.webp\" alt=\"Getty Images Headshot of Doug Ford dressed in suit \" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><span class=\"sc-a34861b-2 fxQYxK\">Getty Images<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">A threat by US President-elect Donald Trump to tax imports from America&#8217;s three biggest trade partners has caused concern in one of the countries affected, Canada. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He has vowed to impose a 25% tariff on all goods from America&#8217;s northern neighbour &#8211; while also targeting Mexico and China. He described it as an attempt to tackle illegal migration and drug-smuggling to the US.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Doug Ford, the leader of Ontario province, was among those who criticised the move, which he described as &#8220;devastating&#8221;. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The official Canadian response has been more muted. CBC reported there had been a flurry of late-night calls between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Trump, and between the PM and province leaders.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;It was a good discussion and they will stay in touch,&#8221; a Canadian source said of the call between Trudeau-Trump call, as reported by Reuters.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">In a public statement, Canadian ministers emphasised their work on the shared border &#8211; on which they said they placed the &#8220;highest priority&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland and Public Safety Minister Dominic LeBlanc also used their statement to stress the importance of the US-Canada trading partnership, saying 60% of last year&#8217;s US crude oil imports originated in Canada.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">America&#8217;s northern neighbour accounted for some US$437bn (\u00a3347bn) of US imports in 2022, and was the largest market for US exports in the same year, according to US data.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">The 25% tariff on goods from Canada would be signed straight after he took office on 20 January 2025, Trump said on Monday. <!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He described the move as an effort to get the three other countries to toughen up on the illegal flow to the US of people and drugs, specifically fentanyl.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Ford, the leader of Canada&#8217;s most populous province, said the proposed tariff would be &#8220;devastating to workers and jobs in both Canada and the US&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">He called on the government to &#8220;take the situation at our border seriously&#8221;, and for Trudeau to &#8220;call an urgent meeting with all premiers&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Ford was echoed by the leaders of Quebec and British Columbia, while a post on the X account of Alberta leader Daniella Smith acknowledged that Trump had &#8220;valid concerns related to illegal activities at our shared border&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Other voices urged calm. &#8220;We&#8217;ve gamed out the possibilities that he lumps Canada and Mexico issues together, we&#8217;ve been there before,&#8221; said the head of Canada&#8217;s Automotive Parts Manufacturers&#8217;\u200b Association (APMA) in a statement reported by CBC. &#8220;We are prepared and connected.&#8221;<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Tariff hikes touted by Trump on the election trail could be a negotiating strategy, it has previously been suggested by the man picked by the US president-elect to be his new US Treasury secretary.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">&#8220;My general view is that at the end of the day, he&#8217;s a free trader,&#8221; Scott Bessent said of Trump in an interview with the Financial Times before he was nominated for the role. \u201cIt\u2019s escalate to de-escalate.\u201d<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><h2 class=\"sc-518485e5-0 kRvAla\">What&#8217;s the issue at the US-Canada border?<!-- --><\/h2>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Trump&#8217;s new border tsar Tom Homan has called the northern border an &#8220;extreme national security vulnerability&#8221;. He has alleged that Canada is being used as a path to enter the US by people from countries deemed to sponsor terrorism.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Illegal crossings from the US to Canada are vastly outnumbered by the number that take place from Mexico, another country targeted by Trump&#8217;s planned tariffs. But there appears to have been a surge.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Robert Garcia, a border official covering the US north-east, said last month that more than 19,000 people from 97 different countries had been arrested over the previous 12 months, which was more than &#8220;the last 17 fiscal years combined&#8221;.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">Experts have told the BBC that America&#8217;s northern border is longer and less guarded than the southern one, with a similar presence of criminal smugglers.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">One recent high-profile trial in the US shed light on smuggling operations that help foreign nationals move to North America unlawfully.<!-- --><\/p>\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">A jury in the US state of Minnesota found two men guilty of helping bring an Indian family from Canada to the US in January 2022, leading to their deaths.<!-- --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 gfTVSf\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/3b6e\/live\/d1ac14a0-abe9-11ef-a4fe-a3e9a6c5d640.png.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/3b6e\/live\/d1ac14a0-abe9-11ef-a4fe-a3e9a6c5d640.png.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/3b6e\/live\/d1ac14a0-abe9-11ef-a4fe-a3e9a6c5d640.png.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/3b6e\/live\/d1ac14a0-abe9-11ef-a4fe-a3e9a6c5d640.png.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/3b6e\/live\/d1ac14a0-abe9-11ef-a4fe-a3e9a6c5d640.png.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/3b6e\/live\/d1ac14a0-abe9-11ef-a4fe-a3e9a6c5d640.png.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/3b6e\/live\/d1ac14a0-abe9-11ef-a4fe-a3e9a6c5d640.png.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/3b6e\/live\/d1ac14a0-abe9-11ef-a4fe-a3e9a6c5d640.png.webp\" alt=\"BBC banner graphic reads: &quot;More on Trump transition&quot;\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<figure>\n<div data-component=\"image-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 gfTVSf\">\n<div data-testid=\"image\" class=\"sc-a34861b-1 jxzoZC\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/bbcx\/grey-placeholder.png\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 cOpVbP hide-when-no-script\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(min-width: 1280px) 50vw, (min-width: 1008px) 66vw, 96vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/240\/cpsprodpb\/fd63\/live\/cd2b9590-abe9-11ef-bdf5-b7cb2fa86e10.png.webp 240w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/320\/cpsprodpb\/fd63\/live\/cd2b9590-abe9-11ef-bdf5-b7cb2fa86e10.png.webp 320w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/fd63\/live\/cd2b9590-abe9-11ef-bdf5-b7cb2fa86e10.png.webp 480w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/640\/cpsprodpb\/fd63\/live\/cd2b9590-abe9-11ef-bdf5-b7cb2fa86e10.png.webp 640w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/800\/cpsprodpb\/fd63\/live\/cd2b9590-abe9-11ef-bdf5-b7cb2fa86e10.png.webp 800w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1024\/cpsprodpb\/fd63\/live\/cd2b9590-abe9-11ef-bdf5-b7cb2fa86e10.png.webp 1024w,https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/1536\/cpsprodpb\/fd63\/live\/cd2b9590-abe9-11ef-bdf5-b7cb2fa86e10.png.webp 1536w\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/480\/cpsprodpb\/fd63\/live\/cd2b9590-abe9-11ef-bdf5-b7cb2fa86e10.png.webp\" alt=\"BBC banner graphic reads: &quot;US Election Unspun: The newsletter that cuts out the noise around the presidential race&quot;\" class=\"sc-a34861b-0 efFcac\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<div data-component=\"text-block\" class=\"sc-18fde0d6-0 dlWCEZ\">\n<p class=\"sc-eb7bd5f6-0 fYAfXe\">North America correspondent Anthony Zurcher makes sense of the presidential election in his twice weekly US Election Unspun newsletter. 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