"WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to impose a 100% tariff on goods imported from Canada if America's northern neighbor went ahead with its China trade deal, intensifying a feud with Prime Minister Mark Carney, a rising voice in the West's pushback to Trump's new world order. Trump said in a social media post that if Carney "thinks he is going to make Canada a 'Drop Off Port' for China to send goods and products into the United States, he is sorely mistaken.""
"While Trump has waged a trade war over the past year, Canada forged ahead with its own deal to lower tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles in return for lower import taxes on Canadian farm products. At the time, Trump said that agreement was what Carney "should be doing and it's a good thing for him to sign a trade deal.""
President Donald Trump threatened a 100% tariff on goods imported from Canada if Canada completed a trade deal with China. He warned Canada should not become a 'Drop Off Port' for China and said a tariff would be imposed 'immediately' if a deal was made, while the White House provided no further details. Canada lowered tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles in exchange for reduced import taxes on Canadian farm products, an arrangement Trump initially praised. Dominic LeBlanc said several important trade issues were resolved but no free-trade agreement was being pursued. Tensions escalated after exchanges over Greenland and the revocation of Carney's invitation to a proposed 'Board of Peace.'
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