Canada foreign minister takes Trump 51st state line ‘very seriously’

Mélanie Joli’s Foreign Minister told BBC that she takes the statements of US President Donald Trump to make Canada the 51st case of his country “seriously.”

“This is no longer a joke,” Jolie told Newsnight. “There is a reason that makes Canadians, when they go out in the hockey game, scream at the American national anthem … We are insulting. We are angry. We are angry.”

Her comments come after Trump imposed a 25 % tariff on products that enter the United States from Canada on Tuesday. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau described “a very stupid thing to do” and declared revenge definitions.

However, US Trade Minister Howard Lootnick said Trump “maybe” announces a deal to reduce the definitions on Wednesday.

In response, Jolly BBC told “at the end of the day, the only decisions to make a decision is President Trump.”

She said that the Trump administration secretaries did not contact their Canadian counterparts on Monday or Tuesday about the definitions.

Trump announced a 25 % tariff in Canada and Mexico on February 4, but it was late until March 4. Canadian energy imports face 10 % tariffs.

Doug Ford, Prime Minister of Ontario, implemented an additional 25 % fees on electricity exports to three American states, and if the customs tariff escalates, He said he would look Michigan, New York and Minnesota cut off the Canadian authority.

Trump also imposed a 10 % tariff on goods worth more than $ 800 (645 pounds) from China in February, which doubled in March. China responded with its own tariffs.

The White House said When I submitted the definitions It was “taking bold measures for a contract [the three countries] Responsibility for their promises to stop illegal immigration and stop the toxic fentanel and other drugs from flowing to our country. “

Fintanel is associated with tens of thousands of deaths in the United States every year.

Trudeau said his country was responsible for less than 1 % of fentanel entering the United States.

It was Canada New security measures have been presented In December, in response to Trump’s introductory threats before taking office.

“We did not want this trade war. We have done everything required according to the executive order to ensure that our borders are safe and safe,” Jolie told the BBC, but we said, “This is a false excuse by the Trump administration against us.”

Jolie said Canada was “the Canary in the coal mine”, with the following Europeans, and the United Kingdom after that. Trump Threatened by 25 % definitions The European Union as well.

She said that Canada and the United Kingdom should work together: “That is why I went to London to make sure that if there is a failed tariff, we must work on anti -eruptions well,” she said.

Julie said Canada’s general offering against the United States is not “against the American people. We are the best friends of the American people.”

The definitions of the largest commercial partner of the United States called for a “existential threat.”

“We cannot let us down,” she said. “We need to make sure we are fighting.”