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Trudeau on US tariffs: Insulting that US considers Canada as threat

news.am06/2nd/2018, 7:18
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Trudeau on US tariffs: Insulting that US considers Canada as threat

The US tariffs on steel and aluminium imports are insulting and unacceptable, said Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in an interview to NBC.

According to him, the US President Donald Trump’s administration has decided to introduce duties in order to protect US national security interests.

“The idea that we are somehow a national security threat to the United States is quite frankly insulting and unacceptable,” the Prime Minister said adding: “The idea that the Canadian steel that's in military, military vehicles in the United States, the Canadian aluminum that makes your, your fighter jets is somehow now a threat?”

Trudeau pushed back against Trump's statement that the US suffered unfair trade deals.

“He's worried about trade surpluses, trade deficits around the world. Well, they have a $2 ...

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