Trump threatens Canada with 100% tariff over possible deal with China

WASHINGTON - US President Donald Trump on Jan 24 said he would impose a 100 per cent tariff on

Canada if it makes a trade deal with China

and warned Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney that a deal would endanger his country.

“China will eat Canada alive, completely devour it, including the destruction of their businesses, social fabric and general way of life,” Mr Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.

“If Canada makes a deal with China, it will immediately be hit with a 100 per cent tariff against all Canadian goods and products coming into the USA.”

Mr Carney, during a recent visit to China, called the Asian superpower a “reliable and predictable partner” and, in Davos, encouraged European leaders to seek investment from the world’s second-largest economy.

Mr Trump suggested that China would try to use Canada to evade US tariffs.

“If Governor Carney thinks he is going to make Canada a ‘Drop Off Port’ for China to send goods and products into the United States, he is sorely mistaken.”

Tensions between the US and its northern neighbour have grown in recent days.

Mr Trump, on Jan 22,

withdrew an invitation for Canada to join his Board of Peace initiative

aimed at resolving global conflicts.

That about-face followed

Mr Carney’s speech at the World Economic Forum in Davos

, where he openly decried powerful nations using economic integration as weapons and tariffs as leverage. REUTERS