{"id":2409400,"date":"2025-03-04T09:03:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-04T14:03:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trudeau-drops-25-retaliatory-tariffs-amid-trump-trade-battle\/"},"modified":"2025-03-04T09:04:48","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T14:04:48","slug":"trudeau-drops-25-retaliatory-tariffs-amid-trump-trade-battle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trudeau-drops-25-retaliatory-tariffs-amid-trump-trade-battle\/","title":{"rendered":"Trudeau drops 25% retaliatory tariffs amid Trump trade battle"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftrudeau-drops-25-retaliatory-tariffs-amid-trump-trade-battle%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2409400&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Canadian Prime Minister Justin \u200dTrudeau recently announced \u200cretaliatory tariffs of 25% on\u2062 U.S.goods in response to similar tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump.This trade dispute has unexpectedly bolstered the popularity \u200bof Trudeau&#8217;s liberal Party, which had been struggling in the polls. Just\u2064 six weeks prior,the Conservatives held a significant lead,but the tide has turned as the\u2064 trade tensions began.<\/p>\n<p>Trudeau criticized Trump&#8217;s tariffs, claiming there was no justification and warning \u2062that such actions could lead to \u200cinflation and \u2062job losses in\u200b the U.S. \u2062He \u200bemphasized that Canada&#8217;s tariffs would remain \u2064until the U.S. retracted its own. Additionally, ontario Premier Doug Ford threatened to cut off energy exports to the U.S. as further retaliation.<\/p>\n<p>This <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ukraine-fires-american-long-range-missiles-at-russia-for-the-first-time-putin-makes-nuclear-move\/\" title=\"Ukraine Fires American Long-Range Missiles at Russia for the First Time, Putin Makes Nuclear Move\">situation escalates tensions<\/a> \u200cbetween \u200bthe two nations, which are each other&#8217;s largest trade partners. The potential economic fallout from the tariffs could impact both countries, with experts warning that U.S. tariffs might push Canada into \u200ca recession. Despite the turbulence, \u200cmany Canadians now favor an immediate federal election to establish a\u2063 government capable of\u2062 responding assertively \u2063against Trump.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Trudeau drops 25% retaliatory tariffs as trade battle boosts Liberal Party<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1974217\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/canada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Canadian\">Canadian<\/a> Prime Minister <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/justin-trudeau\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Justin Trudeau\">Justin Trudeau<\/a> imposed 25% retaliatory tariffs on the United States as the drama around President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Donald Trump's\">Donald Trump&rsquo;s<\/a> tariffs has boosted his drowning Liberal Party.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Trump&rsquo;s planned 25% tariffs on Canadian goods went into effect at midnight on Tuesday. Canadian retaliatory tariffs on $155 billion of U.S. goods went into effect on Tuesday at 12:01 a.m. In a statement, Trudeau said of the U.S. tariffs that &ldquo;there is no justification for these&nbsp;actions,&rdquo; adding that his government had taken multiple steps to stop the flow of fentanyl to the U.S. Trump&rsquo;s reasoning for implementing the tariffs is to force Canada to take stronger action to stop the flow of fentanyl over the border.<\/p>\n<p>Last year, fentanyl seizures at the northern border accounted for 0.2% of total fentanyl seized by Customs and Border Protection. There has also been a 97% drop in fentanyl seizures at the Canadian border in January compared to December 2024.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Our tariffs will remain in place until the U.S. trade action is withdrawn, and should U.S. tariffs not cease, we are in active and ongoing discussions with provinces and territories to pursue several non-tariff measures,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;While we urge the U.S. administration to reconsider their tariffs, Canada remains firm in standing up for our economy, our jobs, our workers, and for a fair deal.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trudeau warned that Trump&rsquo;s tariffs would cause inflation and cost American jobs.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Tariffs will disrupt an <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">incredibly successful trading relationship<\/a>,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;They will violate the very trade agreement that was negotiated by President Trump in his last term.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Trudeau&rsquo;s approval has steadily declined in the last few years as Canada&rsquo;s economy has suffered since COVID-19. The Liberal Party was so unpopular that Trudeau announced he would step down as leader and prorogue parliament until another Liberal leader was chosen, with a deadline set for March 9. However, since the tariff battle started and Trudeau has voiced his willingness to respond in full to Trump&rsquo;s threats, the Liberal Party&rsquo;s approval has bounced back.<\/p>\n<p>Six weeks ago, Conservatives led Liberals in popularity polls by 26 points and were on track to gain a supermajority in parliament with 240 out of 343 seats. Now, Liberals are leading Conservatives in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipsos.com\/en-ca\/liberals-take-lead-first-time-since-2021\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\">polls<\/a> for the first time in four years, according to an Ipsos finding from Feb. 21-24.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;In hindsight, when the Conservatives had a 27-point advantage in our polling, it didn&rsquo;t have anything to do with Pierre Poilievre being strong or liked, or the Conservatives being brilliant strategists,&rdquo; Nik Nanos, founder of Canadian polling firm Nanos Research, told Fox News. &ldquo;It all had to do with dislike of Justin Trudeau and people wanting change and the Conservatives being the agent of change.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Eighty-nine percent of respondents said they want a federal election &ldquo;immediately&rdquo; and a government with a &ldquo;strong mandate&rdquo; to fight back against Trump. <span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;\">Conservative leader Poilievre has tried to distance himself from Trump and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/3321814\/pierre-polievre-canada-vows-forceful-trump-tariffs\/\" target=\"_blank\">vowed<\/a>&nbsp;a forceful response to Trump&rsquo;s tariffs, but voters still appear to couple his &ldquo;Canada First&rdquo; populism with an affinity for<\/span> Trump.<\/p>\n<p>The United States and Canada are each other&rsquo;s biggest trade partners, with hundreds of billions of dollars worth of imports and exports each year. Canada is also the main source of U.S. energy imports.<\/p>\n<p>According to data from the Canadian government, it supplied 61% of U.S. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nolte-politifact-straight-up-lies-about-america-doubling-russia-oil-imports\/\" title=\"Nolte: PolitiFact Straight-Up Lies About America Doubling Russia Oil ...\">crude oil imports<\/a> in 2021. In 2020, it supplied the U.S. with 98% of natural gas imports, 93% of electricity imports, and 28% of uranium purchases.<\/p>\n<p>Ontario Premier Doug Ford said on Monday that he would cut off energy exports to the U.S. as retaliation against the tariffs.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/policy\/finance-and-economy\/3243411\/what-to-know-trump-tariff-threat-mexico-canada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"\"><strong>WHAT TO KNOW ABOUT TRUMP&rsquo;S TARIFF THREAT AGAINST MEXICO AND CANADA<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;They rely on our energy. They need to feel the pain. They want to come at us hard. We&rsquo;re going to come back twice as hard,&rdquo; Ford said while at a mining convention in Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>While the U.S. economy would be hurt by Canadian retaliatory measures, the Canadian economy would be devastated by Trump&rsquo;s plan. The Canadian Chamber of Commerce warned that 25% U.S. tariffs could send the Canadian economy into a recession by the summer,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2025\/01\/15\/canada-response-trump-tariffs-00198536?nname=playbook&amp;nid=0000014f-1646-d88f-a1cf-5f46b7bd0000&amp;nrid=b184d69e-b2a2-4eb9-933e-7e669f36c25d&amp;nlid=630318\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">according to<\/a>&nbsp;<em>Politico<\/em>.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1974217\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1974217\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Trudeau lifts 25% tariffs as trade conflict aids Liberal Party<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2409401,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Trump-tariffs-Canada-Mexico-China.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[51489,50406,51488,14260,3634],"class_list":["post-2409400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-canada-us-relations","tag-tariffs-2","tag-trade-battle","tag-trudeau","tag-trump"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Trump-tariffs-Canada-Mexico-China.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2409400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2409400"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2409400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2409404,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2409400\/revisions\/2409404"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2409401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2409400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2409400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2409400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}