
Speaking to the Halifax Chamber of Commerce on Monday, Mr. Trudeau said that tariffs at this level would have a “devastating” impact on the Canadian economy, while also damaging the U.S. economy and driving up prices for American consumers.

Speaking to the Halifax Chamber of Commerce on Monday, Mr. Trudeau said that tariffs at this level would have a “devastating” impact on the Canadian economy, while also damaging the U.S. economy and driving up prices for American consumers.

The Section 301 tariffs on billions of dollars worth of China-made products were first imposed by former President Trump after a decades-long free trade consensus in Washington, D.C., that has eliminated 3.7 million American jobs from the U.S. economy from 2001 to 2018.