Former finance minster says Ottawa must target US president’s ‘billionaire buddies’
Canada’s former finance minister Chrystia Freeland has said Ottawa should retaliate to any US tariffs by adding huge levies on Tesla vehicles to punish Elon Musk, one of Donald Trump’s “billionaire buddies”. Freeland, who is running to replace Justin Trudeau as prime minister, called for a swift, punitive reaction by Ottawa if the US president follows through on his threat to impose 25 per cent tariffs on Canada and Mexico starting this weekend.
Canada previously imposed 100 per cent tariffs on Chinese electric vehicle imports, in a move that followed similar levies on Chinese EVs announced by Joe Biden’s administration. Freeland’s comments also came as Mélanie Joly, Canada’s foreign minister, held last-gasp talks in Washington to try to avert Trump’s tariffs.
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