List of products from the United States subject to 25 per cent tariffs effective February 4, 2025
“We’re hopeful that they don’t come into effect on Tuesday, and we’re ready to continue to talk to the Trump administration about that, and in particular about all the work that we’re doing with them and on our own with respect to the border and the issues that the president says are at the core of this move,” Hillman told ABC News on Sunday.
The Canadian ambassador told ABC the administration has been meeting “nonstop” with US President Donald Trump’s border officials, but she acknowledged the decision lies in Trump’s hands.
Canada’s efforts to bolster border controls include investing a billion dollars in border equipment, ensuring boots on the ground, and joint training exercises with US authorities, the ambassador said.
Hillman said Canada has made “incredible progress” on stemming illegal immigration into the US. “Illegal crossings between Canada and the United States … are less than 1% of the crossings into the United States, but even at that, they’re down 89% in recent months,” she said.
Some background: Trump administration officials said Saturday the tariffs were designed to stop the flow of fentanyl and undocumented immigrants coming into the US.
To put the tariffs in place, Trump in his executive action declared a national economic emergency, invoking the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, known as “IEEPA,” which authorizes a president to unilaterally manage imports during a national emergency. The tariffs are set to go into effect Tuesday at 12:01 am ET.
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"We don’t want to have this fight, but we won’t lose it," candidate for Canadian prime minister says on tariffs
From CNN’s Michael RiosChrystia Freeland, Canada’s former finance minister who is running to , told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria that her country is determined to stand up for itself after US President Donald Trump announced new tariffs on Canada, Mexico, and China.
“We don’t want to have this fight, but we are not going to lose it,” she said Sunday.
Freeland called the tariffs a “terrible” idea and a “lose-lose” situation that will end up hurting Americans since they depend on Canada for many basic goods.
“The president has decided now to make gas in the United States more expensive. He’s decided to make groceries in the United States more expensive. And our retaliation is going to cost Americans jobs. That is completely ridiculous. We do not want to do this,” she said.
Freeland also said Canadian citizens have been so hurt and angered that some have already started to boycott American goods.
“Regular Canadians across the country are coming up with ways to stand for Canada, to fight for Canada, to defend Canada, but mostly to say to our American neighbors: ‘Guys, just cut it out,’” Freeland said.
Asked whether Canada would start looking for new markets and trading partners, Freeland said the country would prefer to continue working with the US but insisted the relationship should remain mutually beneficial.
“We are happy to work together. But it’s got to be a two-way street,” she said.
