- Expected sizes for energy, fertilizers, USMCA products.
- Carney says he progressed in the fentanyl, will protect the Canadians.
- Trump says he can reconsider, depending on fentanyl flows.
The president of the United States, Donald Trump, said on Thursday that the United States would impose a 35% tariff on Canada imports next month and planned to impose general rates of 15% or 20% on most other commercial partners.
In a letter published on its social networks, Trump told the Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney that the new rate would take effect on August 1 and climb if Canada would retaliate.
In a publication about X on Thursday night, Carney said that his government will continue to defend Canadian workers in their negotiations with the US. UU. While working towards that deadline.
The 35% tariff is an increase in the current 25% rate that Trump had assigned to Canada and is a blow to Carney, which sought to agree on a commercial pact with Washington.
An exclusion was expected to be expected for the goods covered by the United States-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) agreement on trade, and 10% of energy and fertilizers rates had not established themselves either, although Trump had not made a final decision on those issues, said an administration official.
Trump complained in his letter about what he was referring to as the Fentanyl Flow of Canada, as well as the commercial and non -tariff barriers of the country that gave us realized of dairy producers and others. He said that the commercial deficit was a threat to the economy of the United States and national security.
“If Canada works with me to stop the Fentanyl flow, perhaps we will consider an adjustment to this letter,” Trump wrote.
Canadian officials say that a tiny amount of fentanyl originates in Canada, but have taken measures to strengthen the border.
“Canada has made vital progress to stop the scourge of Fentanil in North America. We are committed to continue working with the United States to save lives and protect communities in our countries,” Carney added in its XX on Tuesday night.
The prime minister said last month that he and Trump had agreed to conclude a new economic and security agreement within 30 days.
Trump has expanded his commercial war in recent days, establishing new tariffs in several countries, including the allies of Japan and South Korea, along with a 50% tariff on copper.
In an interview with NBC News published on Thursday, Trump said that other commercial partners who had not yet received such letters would probably face general tariffs.
“Not everyone has to receive a letter. You already know. We are just establishing our rates,” Trump said in the interview.
“We simply say that all the remaining countries are going to pay, whether 20% or 15%. We will resolve it now,” Trump said, according to the network.
Canada is the second largest American business partner after Mexico and the largest American exports buyer. Bought $ 349.4 billion of US goods last year and exported $ 412.7 billion to the US, according to the data of the US Census Office.
Carney, who took his liberal party to a victory of elections back earning this year with a promise to address commercial challenges with the United States, had aimed to negotiate a commercial agreement with its key commercial partner before July 21.
Trump, in his letter, did not specifically approach how trade negotiations were proceeding, but said that “tariffs can be modified, up or down, depending on our relationship with their country.”
Last month, the Carney government rejected a tax on digital services planned aimed at American technology companies after Trump abruptly suspended commercial conversations by saying that the tax was a “shameless attack.”
