‘Everything’ on Table to Retaliate Against U.S. Tariffs: Canadian Trade Minister
Canadian trade minister Mary Ng. X/ @Reuters
February 17, 2025 Hour: 8:24 am
U.S. tariffs will ‘simply create costs for Americans,’ Mary Ng stated.
On Monday, Canadian Trade Minister Mary Ng said that her government is ready to retaliate against U.S. tariffs. During an official visit to Australia, she stated that the U.S. government’s promised tariffs will “simply create costs for Americans.”
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U.S. President Donald Trump earlier in February agreed to pause a 25 percent tariff on all goods imported to the United States from Canada and Mexico except for energy products, which will face 10 percent tariffs, for 30 days.
“Should Canada get tariffs that are punishing, tariffs that will hurt our economy, everything will be on the table. We will respond, and we will respond with impact,” Ng said, noting that Canada is ready to retaliate if the tariffs are implemented.
Previously, the Australian government has said it is working on an exemption from U.S. 25 percent tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports.
Ng, who is in Australia leading a delegation of 140 Canadian companies aiming to boost the trade relationship between the countries, said that the two countries have not yet discussed a joint response to U.S. tariffs.
In a separate interview with Nine Entertainment newspapers, she said that Australia and Canada should continue to promote open and free trade under a system “that is underpinned by a rules-based order.” Ng met with Don Farrell, Australia’s minister for trade and tourism, over the weekend.
Farrell on Thursday rejected a claim from Peter Navarro, Trump’s senior counselor for trade and manufacturing, that aluminum imported from Australia is “killing” the U.S. market.
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