The United States President Donald Trump 27 announced a steep 25 % tariff on imported vehicles and automatic parts, leading to the outrage of the main business partners – many of them discuss retaliation and signal increased tension in the near future.
Obligations will be effective from April 3, 2025. Business partners considering events include Germany, the European Union, Japan and Canada. In particular, Donald Trump also threatened a “much larger” action against the EU and Canada if they cooperate “on US economic damage”.
In response that the new Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said that the northern neighbor and the nearby Ally’s “old” relationship with the US “are over”, according to reports.
President of Mexico, the US South neighbor, Claudia Sheinbaum, also condemned tariffs as a violation of the North American trade agreement, but added that they would wait until April before the answer.
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Donald Trump action damaging US-Canada?
Mark Carney described Donald Trump’s automobile tariffs as a “direct attack” on Canadian workers. He also said he would soon speak with the US President.
Especially the first time that the American and Canadian heads of state did not descend the meeting immediately after the onset of new leaders. Carney composed an oath of 14 March.
“We will speak soon, certainly in the next day or two. Trump must respect Canadian sovereignty. It is not much to ask, but apparently it is a lot for him,” Mark Carney said.
Further back, during his re -election campaign last year and after taking office in January 2025, Donald Trump antagonized the Canadians by making several remarks about taking over the country as the “51 state” of the US. He also repeatedly called the then PM Justin Trudeau as “Governor Trudeau” and amused speculation about possible military annexation in the north.
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Damaged out of repair? Canada PM Mark Carney says …
According to Mark Carney, the relationship between the US and Canada could be restored by “some confidence”, but “not” turning back “.
“It is obvious that the United States is no longer a reliable partner. It is possible that we will be able to restore some confidence in comprehensive negotiations, but we will not go back. We will have to dramatically reduce our reliance on the United States.
He also called the unauthorized tariffs and added: “We will fight American tariffs with our own retaliation actions that will have the maximum impact in the United States and the minimum impact here in Canada.”
“The old relationship that we had with the United States, based on the deepening of the integration of our economies and strict security and military cooperation,” said Mark Carney, asked the Canadians for a clear and strong mandate in the next elections, given the “greatest crisis in our lives”.
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What do Americans think about friendship with Canada?
According to a survey of Associated Press-Norc for Public Affairs Research of 1,229 adults made from 20 to March 24, 2025, fewer Americans now consider Canada and the US to be “close allies” compared to 2023 answers. Tensions in economic and military relations.
The most important shift in the view was among the democrats. Formerly seven out of 10 saw Canada and the US as close allies before Donald Trump administration, but now only five out of 10.
Most respondents still see Canada and the US as “friendly”, only five out of 10 overall to the northern neighbor as a “close ally”. In September 2023, the Pearson Institute / AP-NORC survey found that six out of ten responded positively to the “close ally” brand.
The old relationship we had with the United States on the basis of deepening the integration of our economies and strict security and military cooperation.
About three out of 10 sees Canada as “friendly but not close ally” and two out of 10 say that both countries are not “friendly but not enemies”. Very few of them see them as direct “enemies”.
(With the entry from agencies)
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