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Canada will respond to Trump auto tariffs with its own trade actions, Carney says

27 March 2025 23:38 (UTC +04:00)

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said on Thursday that he would respond with unspecified trade actions if U.S. President Donald Trump imposes new auto tariffs that have expanded a global trade war and hammered stocks, APA reports citing Reuters.

Carney said he had not yet determined what actions Canada might take if Trump follows through with his plan to impose new 25% levies on imported cars and light trucks. He said he would respond next week, when the auto tariffs and a separate set of reciprocal tariffs on U.S. trading partners are due to take effect.

"We will fight the U.S. tariffs with retaliatory trade actions of our own that will have maximum impact in the United States and minimum impacts here in Canada," Carney told a news conference.

European countries have threatened retaliation as well.