President Donald Trump on Tuesday responded to Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, threatening to “immediately” increase reciprocal tariffs on the neighboring country.
“Please explain to Governor Trudeau, of Canada, that when he puts on a Retaliatory Tariff on the U.S., our Reciprocal Tariff will immediately increase by a like amount,” Trump wrote in a
Truth Social post.
The US’ reciprocal tariffs, which could match other countries’ tariffs dollar for dollar, are set to go into effect April 2.
Trump’s response comes after Trudeau announced
Canada will be implementing 25% tariffs against 155 billion Canadian dollar worth of American goods.
The Canadian prime minister said the US “launched a trade war against Canada” and that there was “absolutely no justification or need whatsoever” for the tariffs imposed by the US on Canada, which went into effect Tuesday.