Donald Trump sought to escalate his trade war with Canada on Sunday afternoon and issued a demand on Truth Social that Canadian companies wanting to do business with the U.S. reshore their headquarters within its borders. His latest remarks come as Canadian officials warned that the country was prepared for an extended dispute with the U.S. after trade talks collapsed and Trump announced tariffs as high as 50 percent on some Canadian goods including dairy products and lumber. Canada has levied reciprocal tariffs against U.S. steel, aluminum and other exports.
On Sunday afternoon, the president said Canadian companies should move their headquarters and production facilities to avoid newly imposed tariffs. The duties are set to begin in 2027. Many of them are Companies that moved out years ago due to stupid U.S.
When you move back, there are no TARIFFS!” Trump wrote. In a separate post, he argued that Canada was one of America’s worst trading partners, despite being its second-largest. Canada and the U.S. conduct close to $900 billion in cross-border economic activity each year, according to the U.S. trade representative.
Earlier this year, Ford released a statement thanking the administration for including some vehicle parts in tariff exemptions, but it’s unclear if the U.S. auto industry will escape economic hardship stemming from this latest round of tariffs. The president’s Truth Social message seemed to indicate the opposite would be true. The president has shown little taste for negotiation with Canada in recent days and has leaned towards a different strategy, taking multiple opportunities to fan the flames of his conflict with Canada’s Mark Carney and other Canadian politicians like Doug Ford, premier of Ontario.
On Thursday, Trump unveiled an executive order directing all U.S. federal agencies to refer to Lake Ontario as “Lake America” in another effort to stick it to the Canadian government, a move that drew ridicule from many. Doug Ford, who was drawn into a personal confrontation with Trump last week, warned on Sunday that a trade war would be immensely destructive to the economies of both the U.S. and Canada. It's absolutely backwards.” He called Trump’s move “something out of Saturday Night Live.” “No one is going to call it Lake America,” Ford said.
Ford previously called Trump a “bully” and a “loser” in comments to reporters last week. Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew was equally harsh in his description of the president as he urged the Canadian government to put up a fight. I think America is weaker around the world today than it was a year ago.
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