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(NewsNation) — President Donald Trump plans to treble the nation's steel and aluminum tariffs connected Canada, expanding each to 50%, helium announced Tuesday.
In a social media post, Trump said the levy's leap is successful retaliation to Ontario Premier Doug Ford imposing a 25% energy tariff connected exports to Michigan, New York and Minnesota, which took effect connected Monday.
"This volition spell into effect TOMORROW MORNING, March 12th," Trump said successful the post.
The president besides said helium would state a "national exigency connected electricity" wrong the "threatened area," presumably the three affected states.
"This volition let the U.S to rapidly bash what has to beryllium done to alleviate this abusive menace from Canada," Trump said. He did not instantly marque his plans clear.
Alongside the tariff announcement came further threats of an escalating commercialized war, with the president specifically targeting Canada's tariffs connected American dairy — which are supra 200% but lone footwear successful erstwhile the U.S. has completed its bounds of tariff-free dairy sales.
Trump himself negotiated the tariff-free dairy merchantability limit backmost successful 2018. In the aforesaid societal media post, Trump said Canada "must instantly drop" what helium described arsenic an "anti-American husbandman tariff," threatening tariffs connected cars if those connected dairy and different akin tariffs are not dissolved.
"If different egregious, agelong clip Tariffs are not likewise dropped by Canada, I volition substantially increase, connected April 2nd, the Tariffs connected Cars coming into the U.S. which will, essentially, permanently unopen down the automobile manufacturing concern successful Canada," the station reads successful part. "Those cars tin easy beryllium made successful the USA!"
According to new Edmunds data, 48.6% of each caller vehicles sold done February were built successful the U.S. Another 17.4% were built successful Mexico, 7.4% successful Canada and 26.5% elsewhere.
Trump besides erstwhile again reiterated his tendency for Canada to beryllium the nation's "cherished" 51st state — a improvement helium claims would marque "all Tariffs, and everything else, wholly disappear."
