Trudeau counsels US against levying illogical tariffs on Canadian Aluminium

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau stated that he was anxious about reports that US was considering to re-impose tariffs on Canadian aluminium.

On 8^th July’20, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said: “US companies would suffer if the Trump administration hits Canadian metal imports with tariffs that lack any justification, on Wednesday.”

While speaking to the reporters, Trudeau said he looked forward to congratulating US President Donald Trump on US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) which came into force on 1^st July’20, replacing the 26-year-old North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).

As we had reported Trudeau did not travel to Washington on 8^th July to attend a meeting with Trump and Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador marking the launch of the new trade deal.

Prime Minister Trudeau added: “It's really important that at a time of economic strain and stress, Canada continues to have access to the world's most important market and this is good for Canadian workers and Canadian jobs right across the country".

"At the same time, we are concerned about the threat of extra tariffs on aluminium and possibly steel.”

"This is something that again is a little difficult to understand because the US relies heavily on imports of Canadian aluminium, in particular, for their domestic manufacturing capacity.”

Trudeau has been very clear to say that United States doesn’t produce nearly enough aluminium to be able to cover its demand.

“Canadian officials are continuing to push very hard on encouraging the US not to move forward on tariffs that don't have any justification and will have a negative impact”, the Prime Minister said.

Trudeau was vocal following the last month's reports that the US was planning to re-impose a tariff of 10% on Canadian aluminium provided the Canada Government consents to limit aluminium exports.