Canada’s PM hopeful lays out plan to fight Trump’s tariff threats ‘where it hurts’ WSOC TV [Video]

VANCOUVER, British Columbia — (AP) — Chrystia Freeland, the former finance minister who is running to replace Justin Trudeau as Canada’s prime minister, said Monday Canada needs to release a “retaliation list” of goods the country would target if U.S. President Donald Trump makes good on his threat to slap 25% tariffs on Canadian goods.

A list of products worth $200 billion Canadian dollars (US$139 billion) would send a message to U.S. exporters about the harm tariffs would cause them, Freeland said in a statement.

“Being smart means retaliating where it hurts,” she said. “Our counterpunch must be dollar-for-dollar — and it must be precisely and painfully targeted: Florida orange growers, Wisconsin dairy farmers, Michigan dishwasher manufacturers, and much more.”

“Now is the moment when Canada must make clear to Americans the specific costs that will accompany any tariff measures by the Trump administration.”

Trump has said he will use economic coercion to pressure Canada to become the nation’s 51st state…