Doug Ford says U.S. plans to introduce ‘global tariff’ on April 2 скачать в хорошем качестве

Doug Ford says U.S. plans to introduce ‘global tariff’ on April 2

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says that U.S. trade representatives indicated behind closed doors that they are planning to slap a “global tariff” on trading partners as of April 2, creating a need for Canada to shift its focus to making sure it is “first in line for exemptions.” Ford made the comment to reporters at Queen’s Park on Tuesday as he discussed a meeting held in Washington, D.C. last week with federal government officials and U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. “I can tell you what they want. They are going to put a global tariff on the whole world on (April 2). What we are working at is making sure we are first in line for exemptions and we told the administration very clearly how we feel these tariffs are going to hurt the American people,” Ford said. “Yes, it is going to hurt Canada but it is going to hurt the American people.” Ford secured the meeting with Lutnick last week after agreeing to put a 25 per cent surcharge on the electricity that Ontario supplies to three U.S. states on hold. Speaking with reporters Tuesday, Ford insisted that if he hadn’t been willing to slap the tax on electricity the “meeting would have never happened” and “we would have been going back and forth, tit for tat” in a perpetual cycle of escalation. “We left there knowing what the U.S. wants,” he said. Subscribe to CP24 to watch more videos:    / cp24torontobreakingnews   Connect with CP24: For the latest news: https://www.cp24.com/ For the latest videos: https://www.cp24.com/video CP24 Live and Interactive: https://www.cp24.com/now CP24 on Twitter:   / cp24   CP24 on TikTok:   / cp24breakingnews   CP24 Breakfast on Twitter:   / cp24breakfast   --- CP24 is Toronto's #1 source for breaking news.