Trudeau warns Vance about impact of U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs [Video]

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau warned U.S. Vice-President J.D. Vance that punishing tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum will hurt his home state Ohio, a senior Canadian official said. 

The two leaders met on the sidelines of an international summit in Paris, as the Trump administration moves forward with its threat to impose 25 per cent tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports, including from its biggest supplier, Canada, effective March 12.

“Tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum would be entirely unjustified,” Trudeau told reporters at the summit. “We are the [U.S.’s] closest ally. Our economies are integrated.”

Trump said on Monday the tariffs would be imposed on steel and aluminum from all counties “without exceptions or exemptions.”

The federal government will work with the Trump administration over the coming weeks, Trudeau said, to make sure it understands the impact the levies would have on both the U.S. and Canada.

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