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Trump Signs ‘Lake America’ Order as Canadian Lawmaker Calls for Boycott on U.S. Travel
In response, Canada has imposed retaliatory tariffs of up to 50% on certain U.S. goods.
Trump has threatened to increase automobile tariffs on Canada to 50%, claiming: We don’t need Canada, they need us.”
The Trump Administration has also revived its rhetoric of referring to Canada as a “state”—a nod to Trump’s vocal ambition to annex Canada and make it the 51st state, an idea he has floated repeatedly since returning to the White House last year.
Vice President J.D. Vance during a speech in Brewer, Maine, on Monday said: “We have to remember, Canada is a state—sorry, Freudian slip.”
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, meanwhile, has drawn focus to Canada’s burgeoning trade relations with other countries.
“Over the last year alone, Canada has signed more than 20 trade and security deals across five continents,” he said Wednesday. “Canada is now the best connected economy in the world,” he claimed, pointing towards trade alliances with countries in South Asia and Europe.
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