{"id":24988,"date":"2025-03-28T23:10:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T23:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=24988"},"modified":"2025-03-28T23:10:22","modified_gmt":"2025-03-28T23:10:22","slug":"canadian-premier-issues-new-threat-to-inflict-as-much-pain-as-possible-on-americans-after-trump-boosts-tariffs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=24988","title":{"rendered":"Canadian Premier issues new threat to ‘inflict as much pain as possible on Americans’ after Trump boosts tariffs"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Canadian Premier on the frontline of the ‘trade war’ with Donald Trump has renewed his threat to roll out retaliatory measures against the US.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ontario Premier Doug Ford has issued yet another warning to the\u00a0US<\/a>\u00a0President\u00a0Donald Trump<\/a>, as he says his plans for retaliatory tariffs will harm American citizens.<\/p>\n

Ford has been at the forefront of the trade battle between the US and\u00a0Canada<\/a>, which started when the\u00a0POTUS<\/a>\u00a0signed a\u00a0slew of ‘catastrophic’ tariffs on its neighbors<\/a>, as well as Mexico, China and the European Union.<\/p>\n

Trump cited reasons from\u00a0drugs<\/a>\u00a0to immigration as justification for the pricey sanctions, which includes a 25 percent tariff on aluminum and steel.<\/p>\n

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Doug Ford has resumed his position on the frontlines (Katherine KY Cheng\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

The Canadian premier has since torn up a $100\u00a0million<\/a>\u00a0contract with\u00a0Elon Musk<\/a>\u00a0and threatened to hike mineral exports and electricity that powers the homes and businesses of 1.5 million people in\u00a0New York<\/a>, Michigan and Minnesota.<\/p>\n

He even warned he would flip the switch off entirely alongside a raft of ‘relentless’ counterattacks\u00a0before slamming on the brakes<\/a>\u00a0after an apparently ‘productive’ meeting with US commerce secretary, Howard Lutnick, earlier this month.<\/p>\n

After the tense stand-off and amid a moment of pause, Trump called Ford a ‘strong man.’<\/p>\n

However, the fight is apparently back on as Trump announced yet more hikes, with a 25 percent\u00a0tariff on cross-border auto trade<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Despite the president recently purchasing a Tesla in support of his buddy, Musk, the company says it could be harmed by retaliatory tariffs (Andrew Harnik\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

Ford has resumed his battle stance, saying his country will inflict ‘as much pain as possible to the American people,’ while shielding Canadians.<\/p>\n

\u201cPresident Trump\u2019s at it again and what I can tell you, it\u2019s going to hurt American workers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m in full support of preparing retaliatory tariffs, tariff for tariff, but we want to see what he\u2019s going to do on April the 2nd, as we\u2019ve seen over a number of months, it\u2019s on again, off again.”<\/p>\n

Ford continued: \u201cWe have to run through every tariff and minimise the pain for Canadians, maximise the pain for Americans.<\/p>\n

\u201cI feel terrible for the Americans but it\u2019s one person, that\u2019s President Trump, that\u2019s creating this chaos.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trump announced on Wednesday (March 26) that the\u00a0tariffs on cars and certain automobile parts<\/a>\u00a0will come into effect on April 2, which he has dubbed ‘the beginning of Liberation Day in America,’ and will be ‘100 percent permanent.’<\/p>\n

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The POTUS has pressed ahead with his tariffs (Win McNamee\/Getty Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n

And while the POTUS maintains the increases to trading partners will boost\u00a0jobs<\/a>, industries and the economy as a whole, some economists and sectors, from agriculture to retail, are less than certain.<\/p>\n

They say retaliatory measures could leave\u00a0American consumers footing the bill<\/a>, particularly in areas like groceries and booze, which has only been aggravated further by the\u00a0European Union vowing a retaliatory 50 percent tariff<\/a>\u00a0on US alcohol.<\/p>\n

US-based\u00a0carmakers<\/a>, including Musk’s electric vehicle company,\u00a0Tesla<\/a>, recently\u00a0wrote to the US Trade Representative’s Office<\/a>, stating that ‘certain parts and components’ are made outside the US which cold be ‘difficult or impossible to source.’<\/p>\n

Autos Drive America, representing Toyota, Volkswagen, BMW, Honda and Hyundai, also warned ‘broad-based tariffs will disrupt production at U.S. assembly plants’.<\/p>\n

The trade group added: “Automakers cannot shift their supply chains overnight, and cost increases will inevitably lead to some combination of higher consumer prices, fewer models offered to consumers and shutting down U.S. production lines, leading to potential job losses across the supply chain.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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