Trudeau promises ‘very strong’ response as Trump renews tariffs threat against Canada [Video]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday Canada will hit back at the U.S. if President Donald Trump goes ahead with punishing tariffs on Feb. 1, promising this country will respond in kind with “robust, rapid” and “very strong” retaliatory measures.

Trudeau said Canada is ready to deploy whatever measures are necessary to try and force Trump to reverse course. He even floated slapping dollar-for-dollar matching tariffs on American products if the U.S. goes ahead with its promised tariff scheme — a program could result in levies on hundreds of billions of dollars of American imports.

The comments come after a chaotic day for the Canada-U.S. trade relationship.

After his inauguration, Trump held off issuing an executive order to levy tariffs on Canada, only to suggest later in the day he wants a 25 per cent tariff in place in two weeks’ time.

Then, he signed a new “America first” trade …