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Jillian Kestler-D'Amours

‘Trump effect’: How US tariffs, ’51st state’ threats are shaking up Canada

'Canada will respond as appropriate, in a calibrated but extremely strong way' to potential US tariffs, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says [File: Patrick Doyle/Reuters]

Montreal, Canada – Even before he formally re-entered the White House last month to begin his second term as president of the United States, Donald Trump had repeatedly taken aim at an unlikely target: Canada.

Trump argued his country’s northern neighbour had failed to stem irregular migration and drug trafficking at its border with the US, and he threatened to impose steep tariffs on Canadian imports.

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