Carney hits back at Trump’s auto tariffs, warns U.S. trade action will ‘rupture the global economy’ [Video]

Liberal Leader Mark Carney said Thursday U.S. President Donald Trump’s move to levy tariffs on virtually every country will “rupture the global economy,” torpedo economic growth and prompt devastating consequences for workers and businesses in this country and around the world.

Carney said Trump’s tariffs against Canadian goods are “unjustified, unwarranted and, in our judgment, misguided,” and the country must hit back with what he called “carefully calibrated and targeted countermeasures” to make it clear Canada will not stand for this sort of economic broadside.

The Liberal leader said the government will levy a tariff on U.S.-made vehicles that are not compliant with the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement, to match what the Americans did to the Canadian auto industry Wednesday.

“We must respond with both purpose and force,” he said. “We are a free, sovereign and ambitious country. We are masters in our own home. We will fight to bring these tariffs to an end.”

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