Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney says the old relationship with us “has ended”

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said that the old Canada relations with the United States, “based on the deepening of the integration of our economies and strict security and military cooperation, is over.”

Speaking to reporters in Ottawa after a cabinet meeting, Carney said that Canadians should “essentially rethink our economy” in front of US President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

He said Canada would respond with retaliatory tariffs that would have a “maximum impact” on the United States.

Trump announced on Wednesday that he would target imported vehicles and vehicles for 25% tax, saying: “This is constant.”

Carney, the leader of the Liberal Party, called the Original Car Product Agreement in Canada and the United States, signed in 1965, the most important deal in his life.

“This ended with these tariffs,” he said in French.

He continued that Canada could maintain the automotive industry with US tariffs, providing government and business community work to “rethink” and “retrofit” the industry.

Canada must build an economy that Canadians can control, he said, and this will include rethinking his trade relationships with other partners.

It remains to be seen if the Canadians can have strong trade relations with the United States forward, he added.

Carney replaced his campaign plans before the next month’s general election to face the latest import duties.

The United States has already partially imposed a 25% tariff of Canadian goods, along with a 25% duty on all imports of aluminum and steel. So far, Canada has avenge about C $ 60 billion ($ 42 billion; £ 32 billion) tariffs for American goods.

The new car tariffs will come into force on April 2, with fees for enterprises importing vehicles starting the next day, the White House announced. Part taxes should start in May or later.

Early Thursday morning, Trump warned Canada and the EU against the unification of forces against the United States in the trade war.

“If the European Union is working with Canada to cause economic damage to the United States, large -scale tariffs, much larger than the currently planned ones, will be placed on both,” he published on his social platform for the truth.

Carney met with her ministers in Ottawa on Thursday morning to “discuss trade opportunities”. He was initially planned to campaign in Quebec.

He said during his press conference that President Trump had turned to him last night to schedule a call and that this would be held on “The next day or two”.

If held, this will be the first call between the two heads of state.

Pierre Polyver, the leader of the Conservatives, the main opposition party, called the tariffs “unjustified and unprovoked.”

NDP, a left-wing party that has previously contributed to the support of the liberal minority government of former PM Justin Trudeau, has also switched off its campaign plans on Thursday.

Jagmeet Singh, the NDP leader, spent the day welcomed unions and car workers in Windsor, Ontario, Detroit Car Production Center, Michigan.

He said the US tariffs were a “betrayal” against a close ally, saying that “Donald Trump has begun an illegal trade war with Canada for” absolutely no reason. ”

He said that any car company that moves its operations outside Canada due to tariffs must be blocked by the sale of cars in the country.

The Canadians go to the ballot box on April 28.

The United States imported about eight million cars last year – representing about $ 240 billion in trade and approximately half of the total sales.

Earlier this month, after becoming the leader of the Liberal and, before sworn in as Prime Minister, Carney delivered a victory in which he prevented the US President.

“A man who worships at Donald Trump’s altar will kneel before him, not to face him,” he said as he attacks his main rival, Polyver.

Mexico is the best car supplier to the United States, followed by South Korea, Japan, Canada and Germany.

Mexican President Claudia Shainbaum at a press conference on Thursday morning refused to directly comment on the new car rates.

She swore that her government “will always protect Mexico” and fight to maintain job creation and protection of Mexican companies affected by import taxes.

She said Mexico would provide an “inseparable answer” to the Trump administration’s rates on April 3, a day after many have to come into force.

Shainbaum has repeatedly noted that many car companies in the United States have operations in both Mexico and Canada, which are bound by a free trade agreement in North America, which Trump himself negotiates during his first term in the White House.

“Of course, there should be no tariffs,” she said on Thursday. “This is the essence of the Free Trade Agreement.”