Trump tariffs mean auto sector will shut down within 10 days: Doug Ford [Video]

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is condemning Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs, saying their imposition will mean the auto sector “will shut down within 10 days.”

Ford told reporters Tuesday that Trump’s 25 per cent levy on the vast majority of Canadian imports will crush the closely intertwined industry.

“Assembly lines and the auto sector will shut down within 10 days, I predict. Hopefully they won’t, but I’m predicting they’ll shut down because of the trade that we do back and forth,” Ford said.

“Parts, as you’ve heard many times, go back and forth up to eight times, each time hitting a 25 per cent tariff on both sides of the border. I am almost positive the assembly plants will shut down on both sides of the border.”

After threatening to impose them for months, Trump followed through on his tariff promise Tuesday. Aside from the blanket tariff on imported Canadian and Mexican goods, Canadian energy was …