Prime Minister Mark Carney is ready to meet with his cabinet on Tuesday, as President Donald Trump says that his letter is threatened on the top. 35 percent tariff to CarneyAnd other leaders are “deals”.
The President sent a letter to Carney at the end of last week stated that Canada would face 35 percent tariff rate after August 1, while other letters Trump shared other letters shared over the weekend talks about 30 percent tariffs with Mexico and European Union.
Last week, Carney said that the government has defended Canadian workers and businesses at the conversation table in social media statement.
Fen Hampson, an international affairs professor at the University of Carlton, says that Carney should keep his head down and focus on interaction with American officials instead of Trump.
Hampson says Trump may be unexpected, but he and the authorities are likely to respond to the domestic pressures brought by high tariff rates.
White house officials have said that 35 percent of the tariff rate will apply to areas that are not in line with the Canada-United States of America-Maxico Agreement, already targeted at 25 percent.