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We have highlighted that less than one percent of illegal drugs coming into the United States, less than one percent of migrants going into the United States come from Canada but we’re still investing over a billion dollars and strengthening our border,
We don’t think he wants that,
Trudeau told reporters in Ottawa We're not going to have that anymore. We can't do that,
Trump said in a virtual appearance at the World Economic Forum It would be a mistake in terms of the cost of living in the United States, in terms of jobs in the United States, the security of supply chains,
Increasing inequality and increasing insecurity creates a lot of anger and anxiety,
While the net impact on the majority households will likely also be a wash, it will vary for individual households depending on their specific driving habits,
And we are ready for a second round and we are ready for a third round,
What happens to Canadian exports in case of a tariff war with the US – that’s a huge determinant of economic outcomes as 80 percent of our exports go to the US and that’s an awful lot of vulnerability,
Lars Olsberg, an economics professor at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, told Al Jazeera One of the tragedies of the Trudeau period is that the consensus on immigration is looking pretty shaky,
said Dalhousie University’s Osberg It’s a daunting task for whoever takes over from Trudeau because from there it’s a short ramp for an early election call,
Tony Stillo, director of Canada Economics at Oxford Economics, told Al Jazeera Now you have people working in [coffee chain] Tim Hortons and [department store] Canadian Tire on temporary worker visas. Those are permanent jobs, but now you’re stuck with the consequences,
China does not participate in the management and operation of the canal and has never interfered in the affairs of the canal.”
On Wednesday, a spokesperson for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Beijing said We reject in its entirety everything that Mr Trump has said,
Mulino said during a panel at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland We didn’t give it to China, we gave it to Panama. And we’re taking it back,
What we don’t do is panic. What we do is lean on the lessons that we learned in [Trump] 1.0. … What we don’t do is always react when he has a little bit of press availability
Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association President FLAVIO VOLPE KEVIN O’LEARY isn’t authorized to speak on behalf of Canadians, and I frankly don’t believe he is speaking on behalf of Canadians [with] what he’s saying. If he was negotiating on our side, I think that would be totally fine. But he’s not, he’s negotiating against us so I don’t think it’s a helpful solution right now.”
Entrepreneur ARLENE DICKINSON A 25 percent tariff, it doesn’t make sense — it doesn’t jive. And I think it speaks to a dilemma of the Trump administration, of either pursuing a growth agenda or the tariff agenda. And the tariff agenda is [to] the contrary of economic growth.”
Former Quebec Premier JEAN CHAREST I know he’s the right person to bring us into the next phase of supporting Canadians, build a strong economy and fight climate change,
It would be extremely damaging to our economy,
Goldy Hyder of the Business Council said of a sustained dollar-for-dollar tariff war
