Canada had a choice: to go along with Lutnick’s proposal or to reject it. The government opted for the latter, but that may be a negotiating ploy. It is playing well with Canadians. They are very angry with Trump,
Zero tariffs or nothing. This attack was not started by our country. This was started by President Trump. He decided to declare an economic war against our country and our province, and we’re going to hold strong,
People are going to lose their jobs,
Our goal is to get these tariffs - all tariffs - removed,
I can confirm that we will continue to be in a trade war that was launched by the United States for the foreseeable future,
The consumer will likely see some price increases over the next couple of days,
Automakers, battery makers and suppliers are investing billions in American manufacturing and to modernize the industrial base,
In general, any tariff would have a broad impact on our industry,
It is a highly dynamic situation,
If the tariffs do hold, the automotive industry won't be able to adjust overnight,
But what he's thinking about is which sections of the market that can maybe, maybe, he'll consider giving them relief until we get to, of course, April 2,
We're not interested in meeting in the middle and having some reduced tariff. Canada wants the tariffs removed,
The territory to the immediate south of our border is now dominated entirely by criminal cartels that murder, rape, torture and exercise total control,
I told him that many people have died from Fentanyl that came through the Borders of Canada and Mexico, and nothing has convinced me that it has stopped,
We’re importing about 3 million barrels of Canadian crude a day to the Midwest and Rocky Mountain region,
Where they are in Canada, the world is their oyster,
I’ve been hearing from quite a few CEOs in the U.S., quite a few Republicans in the U.S., that they’re uncomfortable with the current direction.”
A tariff over Mexico, in this particular case, or over Canada, is going to mean hundreds of millions of dollars as an impact" on the industry overall
Once the manufacturer starts passing on that cost to us, we're going to have no choice but to pass it on
I think it won't take a month for them to figure out how to handle this thing,