Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Sunday that he has no plans to pursue a free trade deal with China.
That comes after U.S. President Donald Trump warned Canada it could face 100 percent tariffs on all its goods if it moves forward with a deal with China.
“We have commitments under CUSMA not to pursue free trade agreements with non-market economies without prior notification,” said Carney, “We have no intention of doing that with China or any other non-market economy.”
CUSMA, also known as the USMCA, is a free trade deal between the United States, Canada, and Mexico.
The deal has protected most Canadian exports from Trump's tariff hikes and will be reviewed this summer.
However, Carney's recent EV deal with China has been sparking controversy.
Canada used to impose a 100 percent tariff on Chinese electric vehicles. It was part of a joint effort with the United States to protect North American auto markets.
But under the new deal, Canada will allow 49,000 Chinese EVs to enter under a 6 percent tariff, in exchange for China lowering tariffs on Canadian canola oil. -- 📺 Watch NTD News 24/7 on cable, broadcast, and streaming: https://www.ntd.com/watch
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Sunday that he has no plans to pursue a free trade
deal with China.
That comes after President Trump warned Canada it could face 100% tariffs on all its goods
if it makes a deal with China.
We have commitments under Kuzma that not to pursue free trade agreements with non-market
economies without prior notification.
We have no intention of doing that with China or any other non-market economy.
Kuzma, also known as the USMCA, is a free trade deal between the US, Canada and Mexico.
The deal has protected most Canadian exports from Trump's tariff hikes and will be reviewed
this summer.
However, Carney's recent EV deal with China has been sparking controversy.
Canada used to have a 100% tariff on Chinese electric vehicles.
It was part of a joint effort with the US to protect North American auto markets.
But under the new deal, Canada will allow 49,000 Chinese EVs to enter under a 6% tariff
in exchange for China lowering tariffs on Canadian canola oil.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Besson addressed the issue over the weekend on ABC.
We can't let Canada become an opening that the Chinese pour their cheap goods into the
U.S.
In a Truth Social post, Trump noted that Carney is mistaken if he's going to make Canada a
drop-off port for China to send goods and products into the U.S.
Adding that, quote, China will eat Canada alive.
Tensions between the U.S. and Canada have escalated after Carney took a swipe at the
U.S.
Great powers have begun using economic integration as weapons.
Tariffs as leverage, financial infrastructure as coercion, supply chains as vulnerabilities
to be exploited.
Middle powers must act together because if we're not at the table, we're on the menu.
Canada gets a lot of freebies from us, by the way.
They should be grateful also, but they're not.
Canada lives because of the United States.
Remember that, Mark, the next time you make your statements.
About 4% of Canada's exports go to China, while about 76% go to the United States, nearly
20 times more.
