Chrystia Freeland says the United States’ decision to reimpose a 10 per cent tariff on some Canadian aluminum products is “absurd” and vows that Canada will “respond swiftly and strongly” with retaliatory tariffs valued at C$3.6 billion.“Let me be clear.
Canadian aluminum is in no way a threat to U.S. national security, which remains the ostensible reason for this, and that is a ludicrous notion,” Freeland said in a news conference on Friday.
U.S. to reimpose tariff on some Canadian aluminum products, Trump says U.S. President Donald Trump made the announcement during an event in Ohio on Thursday, claiming the U.S.