{"id":239621,"date":"2025-02-15T14:28:11","date_gmt":"2025-02-15T14:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/15\/in-d-c-visit-canadian-leaders-face-trumps-tariff-hawks\/"},"modified":"2025-02-15T14:28:11","modified_gmt":"2025-02-15T14:28:11","slug":"in-d-c-visit-canadian-leaders-face-trumps-tariff-hawks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2025\/02\/15\/in-d-c-visit-canadian-leaders-face-trumps-tariff-hawks\/","title":{"rendered":"In D.C. Visit, Canadian Leaders Face Trump\u2019s Tariff Hawks"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align:center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/15\/multimedia\/15canadaletter-trudeau-vcwp\/15canadaletter-trudeau-vcwp-facebookJumbo.jpg?ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-post-thumbnail size-post-thumbnail wp-post-image\" alt=\"In D.C. Visit, Canadian Leaders Face Trump\u2019s Tariff Hawks\" title=\"In D.C. Visit, Canadian Leaders Face Trump\u2019s Tariff Hawks\" \/><\/div><p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Another week, and another round of tariff threats and annexation suggestions from President Trump.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">It began with the announcement of a policy imposing 25 percent tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports. In Canada\u2019s case, those tariffs would be stacked on top of the previously introduced 25 percent tariffs on most Canadian exports, which are in a 30-day holding period. If Mr. Trump follows through on both, the rate on steel and aluminum will be a staggering 50 percent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">[Read: <\/em><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/11\/world\/canada\/trump-metals-tariff-canada-mexico.html\" title=\"\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">Nations Denounce Trump Tariff on Metals and Warn of Retaliation<\/em><\/a><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">]<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Next up, the president told his advisers to come up with new tariffs that take into account trade barriers and other economic approaches by U.S. trading partners that his administration deems unfair. It\u2019s a sweeping approach that includes not just tariffs that other countries place on U.S. goods but taxes they charge on imported products, such as the G.S.T. in Canada; any subsidies they give industries; and their exchange rates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cCanada\u2019s been very bad to us on trade, but now Canada is going to have to start paying up,\u201d Mr. Trump said while making the announcement. \u201cCanada is going to be a very interesting situation because, you know, we just don\u2019t need their product.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Among the things that may be targeted, according to a fact sheet released by the White House, is the 3 percent tax Canada began applying last year to the Canadian revenues of large tech companies like Google, Amazon and Netflix. Again, any tariffs that emerge from this review will be added onto whatever else Mr. Trump has already threatened to impose on Canadian exports.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">[Read: <\/em><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/13\/us\/politics\/trump-tariffs.html\" title=\"\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">Trump Says He\u2019ll Rework Global Trading Relations With \u2018Reciprocal\u2019 Tariffs<\/em><\/a><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">]<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">A small number of U.S. business leaders have started to speak out against Mr. Trump\u2019s tariff plans, if not directly speaking up for Canada.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Jim Farley, Ford\u2019s chief executive, told an industry conference that \u201ca 25 percent tariff across the Mexico and Canadian border will blow a hole in the U.S. industry that we have never seen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Speaking of Mr. Trump\u2019s plan to revive American manufacturing through tariffs, he added, \u201cSo far what we\u2019re seeing is a lot of costs and a lot of chaos.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-3\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">[Read: <\/em><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/11\/business\/ford-trump-tariffs-electric-vehicles.html\" title=\"\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">Ford Chief Executive Says Trump Policies May Lead to Layoffs<\/em><\/a><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">]<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Farley\u2019s message echoes what Canadian officials have been telling anyone who will listen in Washington. This week, all 13 provincial and territorial leaders visited the U.S. capital to deliver that argument and others about the importance of trade between the countries and observations about the interlinked nature of their economies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-4\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">While 11 of the premiers did ultimately get a last-minute meeting at the White House, it was with Mr. Trump\u2019s deputy chief of staff for legislative affairs and the president\u2019s director of personnel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI don\u2019t think the premiers met with people who are very significant,\u201d Gary Mar, the president and chief executive of the Canada West Foundation, a public policy research group based in Calgary, told me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Mar was Alberta\u2019s official representative in Washington from 2007 to 2011. He said that Canada\u2019s place in the United States had shifted substantially since then.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI think our relationship with the United States has changed forever,\u201d Mr. Mar said. \u201cDonald Trump is not the reason for this. He is a symbol. The people who went to war with the United States \u2014 that generation is gone. And in the U.S., a culture of achievement has been replaced by a culture of grievance.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-5\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Cultural shifts aside, Canadian politicians hoping to change minds in Washington may be delivering arguments that many people close to Mr. Trump flatly reject.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Many, if not most, of Mr. Trump\u2019s tariff actions have closely tracked the ideas of Robert E. Lighthizer, the U.S. trade representative in the first Trump administration.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-6\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Lighthizer does not, to put it mildly, believe that the move toward more open trade over the last four decades has benefited the United States.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThe global trading system has failed our country,\u201d Mr. Lighthizer, who led the U.S. side during the NAFTA renegotiation, wrote this month in a guest essay for the opinion section of The New York Times. \u201cIt has not faltered because free trade doesn\u2019t work. It has failed because free trade doesn\u2019t exist.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-7\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">[From Opinion: <\/em><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/06\/opinion\/tariff-free-trade-new-system.html\" title=\"\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">Want Free Trade? May I Introduce You to the Tariff.<\/em><\/a><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">]<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">While Mr. Lighthizer does not specifically discuss trade with Canada in that essay, he has little good to say about it in his book, \u201cNo Trade Is Free: Changing Course, Taking On China, and Helping America\u2019s Workers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cCanada is in reality a quite parochial \u2014 and at times quite protectionist \u2014 country,\u201d he wrote. \u201cFor years Canada has operated a dairy supply chain management program that would make a Soviet commissar blush.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Mr. Lighthizer, who like Mr. Trump abhors trade deficits, is proposing a new global trading order that would split the world\u2019s economy in two. In one group, countries would generally charge one another lower tariffs. However, if one of the group\u2019s members developed a trade surplus, the others would increase tariffs against its exports until that surplus disappeared. And this group of countries would charge high tariffs to countries outside it \u2014 \u201cnondemocratic countries as well as those that insist on using beggar-thy-neighbor, aggressive industrial policies to run large surpluses,\u201d he writes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2024\/10\/30\/us\/politics\/lighthizer-trump.html\" title=\"\">profile of Mr. Lighthizer<\/a>, Elizabeth Williamson and Ana Swanson, my colleagues in Washington, write that when economists, like Canadian politicians, argue that high tariffs will only increase prices for Americans and might even cause a recession, \u201cMr. Lighthizer simply argues that the economists are wrong.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr class=\"css-7ad88g e1mu4ftr0\"\/><\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-8\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<h2 class=\"css-13o6u42 eoo0vm40\" id=\"link-b4a7c02\">Trans Canada<\/h2>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">This section was written by <\/em><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/vjosa-isai\" title=\"\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">Vjosa Isai<\/em><\/a><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">, a reporter-researcher based in Toronto.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-9\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<ul class=\"css-1le37cb ez3869y0\">\n<li class=\"css-1i3ul0c eoqvrfo0\">\n<p class=\"css-1il0jfh evys1bk0\">Canadian scientists are working to solve a marine mystery after several <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/01\/science\/canada-great-white-sharks.html\" title=\"\">dead sharks washed up on the east coast<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"css-1i3ul0c eoqvrfo0\">\n<p class=\"css-1il0jfh evys1bk0\">The Toronto rapper Drake collaborated with PartyNextDoor, a Mississauga-born R&amp;B singer and producer, on a <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/14\/arts\/music\/drake-some-sexy-songs-partynextdoor.html\" title=\"\">new album released on Valentine\u2019s Day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"css-1i3ul0c eoqvrfo0\">\n<p class=\"css-1il0jfh evys1bk0\">Chrystia Freeland, the former finance minister running to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as the Liberal leader, <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/13\/opinion\/canada-tariffs-steel-us.html\" title=\"\">writes in a guest essay<\/a> that Mr. Trump is \u201conce again upending the global trading order.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"css-1i3ul0c eoqvrfo0\">\n<p class=\"css-1il0jfh evys1bk0\">Lorne Michaels, the proud Canadian who created \u201cSaturday Night Live\u201d \u2014 and who still wears his Order of Canada rosette on his lapel \u2014 <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/14\/arts\/television\/lorne-michaels-saturday-night-live.html\" title=\"\">reflects on the show\u2019s legacy<\/a> as it turns 50.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"css-1i3ul0c eoqvrfo0\">\n<p class=\"css-1il0jfh evys1bk0\">Alissa Wilkinson, a movie critic at The Times, reviews the <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/13\/movies\/universal-language-review.html\" title=\"\">satirical and surrealist comedy<\/a> \u201cUniversal Language,\u201d which takes place in Winnipeg.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"css-1i3ul0c eoqvrfo0\">\n<p class=\"css-1il0jfh evys1bk0\">Looking for a kid-friendly spring break destination? <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/14\/travel\/spring-break-city-break-kids-travel.html\" title=\"\">Try Montreal.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"css-1i3ul0c eoqvrfo0\">\n<p class=\"css-1il0jfh evys1bk0\">Igloo-brand coolers <a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/13\/business\/igloo-cooler-injuries-recall.html\" title=\"\">were recalled in Canada<\/a> and the United States after customers reported serious injuries from using them.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr class=\"css-7ad88g e1mu4ftr0\"\/>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\"><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/ian-austen\" title=\"\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">Ian Austen<\/em><\/a><\/strong><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\"> reports on Canada for The Times and is based in Ottawa. Originally from Windsor, Ontario, he covers politics, culture and the people of Canada and has reported on the country for two decades. He can be reached at <\/em><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/02\/15\/world\/canada\/mailto:austen@nytimes.com\" title=\"\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">austen@nytimes.com<\/em><\/a><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">.<\/em><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\"> <\/em><\/strong><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\"><a class=\"css-yywogo\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/by\/ian-austen\" title=\"\"><em class=\"css-2fg4z9 e1gzwzxm0\">More about Ian Austen<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr class=\"css-7ad88g e1mu4ftr0\"\/>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\"><strong class=\"css-8qgvsz ebyp5n10\">How are we doing?<\/strong><br \/>We\u2019re eager to have your thoughts about this newsletter and events in Canada in general. 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It began with the announcement of a policy imposing 25 percent tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports. In Canada\u2019s case, those tariffs would be stacked on top of the previously introduced 25 percent tariffs on most Canadian exports, which are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":239622,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2025\/02\/15\/multimedia\/15canadaletter-trudeau-vcwp\/15canadaletter-trudeau-vcwp-facebookJumbo.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[740,5345,165435,59426,2086,186479,3096,164053,6118,186477,164052,186478,3487,1734,1690],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239621"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239621"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":239623,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239621\/revisions\/239623"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}