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Our Premier is in Washington hoping to lift a few jobs from you and whine about tariffs (as he knows we screw you over).
Glad to see Mr. Trump stay loyal to tariffs. It's a big reason U.S jobs are coming back, though neither side will say so. It's been too one sided for too long. You have to love the line "it's hurting you more than us". Same bs Trudeau tried. If it's hurting the U.S more, why is he whining about it then? LOL, Classic Canadian.
Doug Ford talks Trump tariffs, trade during Washington trip
Ontario’s Premier told an audience in Washington on Thursday that steel and aluminum tariffs imposed by the American government hurt the U.S. more than Canada.
Doug Ford made the comments during an fireside chat with Kelly Craft, the U.S. Ambassador to Canada, at an event organized by the Canadian American Business Council.
“To be very frank, it’s hurting the U.S. more than it’s even hurting Canada,” he said. “For every job that they think they’re creating (with the tariffs), they’re losing 16 jobs.”
U.S. President Donald Trump imposed a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian and Mexican steel and 10 per cent levy on aluminum last year, as negotiations for a new North American trade deal were underway. The American commerce secretary has said they were designed to address the world’s overproduction and overcapacity of the metals.
Ford noted that the decision hurts jobs on both sides of the border, and cited the North American auto industry’s interconnected supply chain as an example.
“When we ship a part, some parts go back and forth across the border eight times,” Ford said. “And every time they go across they’re getting dinged.”
Ford said he planned to raise the issue of tariffs during a meeting in Washington this week with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer.
“We’re going to meet with the ambassador, and again, encourage him,” he said. “We’re just provincial ... (but) for 19 states, their largest trading partner is Ontario.”
Two-way merchandise trade between Ontario and the U.S. in 2017 totalled $390 billion.
Glad to see Mr. Trump stay loyal to tariffs. It's a big reason U.S jobs are coming back, though neither side will say so. It's been too one sided for too long. You have to love the line "it's hurting you more than us". Same bs Trudeau tried. If it's hurting the U.S more, why is he whining about it then? LOL, Classic Canadian.
Doug Ford talks Trump tariffs, trade during Washington trip
Ontario’s Premier told an audience in Washington on Thursday that steel and aluminum tariffs imposed by the American government hurt the U.S. more than Canada.
Doug Ford made the comments during an fireside chat with Kelly Craft, the U.S. Ambassador to Canada, at an event organized by the Canadian American Business Council.
“To be very frank, it’s hurting the U.S. more than it’s even hurting Canada,” he said. “For every job that they think they’re creating (with the tariffs), they’re losing 16 jobs.”
U.S. President Donald Trump imposed a 25 per cent tariff on Canadian and Mexican steel and 10 per cent levy on aluminum last year, as negotiations for a new North American trade deal were underway. The American commerce secretary has said they were designed to address the world’s overproduction and overcapacity of the metals.
Ford noted that the decision hurts jobs on both sides of the border, and cited the North American auto industry’s interconnected supply chain as an example.
“When we ship a part, some parts go back and forth across the border eight times,” Ford said. “And every time they go across they’re getting dinged.”
Ford said he planned to raise the issue of tariffs during a meeting in Washington this week with U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer.
“We’re going to meet with the ambassador, and again, encourage him,” he said. “We’re just provincial ... (but) for 19 states, their largest trading partner is Ontario.”
Two-way merchandise trade between Ontario and the U.S. in 2017 totalled $390 billion.
