Published February 11, 2025 at 8:30 am
Last Updated February 11, 2025 at 3:28 pm
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday Ottawa will work to convince U.S. President Donald Trump that his “unacceptable” steel and aluminum tariffs will hurt both countries.
A senior government official said that Trudeau spoke with U.S. Vice-President JD Vance about the impact steel tariffs would have in Ohio, which Vance previously represented in the U.S. Senate.
Trump signed an executive order Monday to implement 25 per cent tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports into the United States, beginning March 12.
Trudeau and Vance are both in Paris for a global summit on AI.
Trudeau briefly spoke to reporters before a plenary at which Vance spoke and Trudeau attended.
Trudeau said his government would “be working with the American administration over the coming weeks to highlight the negative impacts on Americans and Canadians of these unacceptable tariffs.”
Trudeau added he will also …