Published January 23,2024
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A win for Republican frontrunner Donald Trump within the U.S. presidential election this November would imply a certain quantity of unpredictability for Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau mentioned on Tuesday.
Trudeau, whose center-left Liberals got here to energy in November 2015, had rocky relations with Trump throughout his first four-year White House time period. In 2018, Trump accused Trudeau of being weak and dishonest.
“We don’t know exactly what he’ll do … obviously, Mr. Trump represents a certain amount of unpredictability,” Trudeau instructed reporters throughout a cupboard retreat in Montreal.
Canada sends 75% of its items and companies exports to the United States and is especially weak to any U.S. shift towards protectionism.
Trudeau mentioned his Liberal authorities had managed to fulfill the challenges posed by the primary Trump administration. These included the U.S. inserting tariffs on Canadian metal and Washington’s demand for the renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), which additionally contains Mexico.
During the NAFTA renegotiation, Canada despatched dozens of cupboard ministers and prime officers to plenty of key U.S. states to emphasize the worth of continental free commerce and Trudeau mentioned Ottawa would take the identical method this time.
“We were able to manage Mr. Trump by defending Canadian interests and showing we can create economic growth on both sides of the border,” mentioned Trudeau.
Kirsten Hillman, Canada’s ambassador to Washington, is because of handle cupboard ministers on Tuesday.
About two-thirds of Canadians surveyed this month mentioned U.S. democracy can not survive one other 4 years of Trump in energy, in response to a ballot launched final week.
Source: www.anews.com.tr