Trump says 25% auto tariffs could go up for Canada at some point – National [Video]

U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that his 25 per cent auto tariffs “could go up” for cars made in Canada, as he seeks to drive auto manufacturing back to the United States.

Trump made the comment after declining to weigh in on Canada’s federal election, which has been dominated by the growing trade war with the U.S., saying it wouldn’t be “appropriate” for him to say if he preferred an outcome for Monday’s vote.

However, Trump did take the opportunity to list his oft-repeated grievances with Canada on trade, saying the U.S. doesn’t need products like oil and lumber it buys from its northern ally — but “particularly cars.”

“They took a large percentage of the carmaking, and I want to bring it back to this country,” he told reporters in the Oval Office.

“I really don’t want cars from Canada. So when I put tariffs on Canada — they’re paying 25 per cent, but that could go up in …