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CP NewsAlert: Trudeau says the U.S. has launched a trade war, Canada is fighting back

  • David Baxter

    David Baxter

  • Canadian Press

  • March 4, 2025

<p>Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre holds a news conference in Ottawa on Tuesday, March 4, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld</p>

OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that the U.S. has launched a continental trade war and Canada is fighting back.

Canada is imposing 25 per cent retaliatory tariffs on $30 billion worth of American products, with the levy set to expand to cover another $125 billion in U.S. goods in 21 days.

Trudeau says that Canada will file claims with the World Trade Organization and through the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Free Trade Agreement.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 4, 2025.