Prime Minister Mark Carney speaks originally of a Cupboard Planning Discussion board on the Citadelle in Quebec Metropolis, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026.
Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press through AP
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WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to impose a 100% tariff on items imported from Canada if America’s northern neighbor went forward with its China commerce deal.
Trump mentioned in a social media publish that if Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney “thinks he’s going to make Canada a ‘Drop Off Port’ for China to ship items and merchandise into the US, he’s sorely mistaken.”
Whereas Trump has waged a commerce conflict over the previous yr, Canada this month negotiated a deal to decrease tariffs on Chinese language electrical autos in return for decrease import taxes on Canadian farm merchandise.
Trump initially had mentioned that settlement was what Carney “ought to be doing and it is a good factor for him to signal a commerce deal.”
Carney’s workplace didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Trump’s menace got here amid an escalating disagreement with Carney because the Republican president’s push to amass Greenland strained the NATO alliance. Trump had commented whereas in Davos, Switzerland, this week that “Canada lives due to the US.” Carney shot again that his nation will be an instance that the world doesn’t must bend towards autocratic tendencies.
Trump later revoked his invitation to Carney to affix the president’s “Board of Peace” that he’s forming to attempt to resolve world conflicts.
Trump’s push to amass Greenland has come after he has repeatedly needled Canada over its sovereignty and urged it even be absorbed the US as a 51st state.
He resumed that this week, posting an altered picture on social media exhibiting a map of the US that included Canada, Venezuela, Greenland and Cuba as a part of its territory.
In his message Saturday, Trump continued his provocations by calling Canada’s chief “Governor Carney.” Trump had used the identical nickname for Carney’s predecessor, Justin Trudeau, and his use of it towards Carney was the newest mark of their soured relationship.
Carney has emerged as a pacesetter of a motion for nations to seek out methods to hyperlink up and counter the U.S. below Trump. Talking in Davos earlier than Trump, Carney mentioned, “Center powers should act collectively as a result of if you’re not on the desk, you might be on the menu.”
Trump, in his Reality Social publish Saturday, additionally mentioned that “China will eat Canada alive, utterly devour it, together with the destruction of their companies, social cloth, and basic lifestyle.”
Carney has not but reached a cope with Trump to scale back a few of the tariffs that he has imposed on key sectors of the Canadian economic system. However Canada has been protected by the heaviest influence of Trump’s tariffs by the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Settlement. That commerce settlement is up for a overview this yr.
Within the fall, the Canadian province of Ontario aired an anti-tariff advert within the U.S. that prompted Trump to finish commerce talks with Canada. The tv advert used the phrases of former President Ronald Reagan to criticize U.S. tariffs. Trump pledged to extend tariffs on imports of Canadian items by an additional 10%. He didn’t comply with by way of.
As for China, Canada had initially mirrored the US by placing a 100% tariff on electrical autos from Beijing and a 25% tariff on metal and aluminum. China had responded by imposing 100% import taxes on Canadian canola oil and meal and 25% on pork and seafood.
However as Trump’s pursued strain ways, Canada’s international coverage has been much less aligned with the U.S., creating a gap for an improved relationship with China. Carney made the tariff announcement earlier this month throughout a go to to Beijing.
Carney has mentioned that Canada’s relationship with the U.S. is complicated and deeper and that Canada and China disagree on points resembling human rights.
Canada is the highest export vacation spot for 36 U.S. states. Almost $3.6 billion Canadian (US $2.7 billion) value of products and providers cross the border every day. About 60% of U.S. crude oil imports are from Canada, as are 85% of U.S. electrical energy imports.
Canada can also be the most important international provider of metal, aluminum and uranium to the U.S. and has 34 vital minerals and metals that the Pentagon is keen for and investing in for nationwide safety.
