Trump Ramps Up Trade War After Trudeau Says President Is Trying to ‘Crash’ Canada’s Economy and Annex the Country

‘We will never be the 51st state,’ Trudeau says.

Adrian Wyld /The Canadian Press via AP
Prime Minister Trudeau during a news conference at Ottawa on Tuesday. Adrian Wyld /The Canadian Press via AP

Canadian leaders on both the ideological left and right are promising to start an economic war with America after President Trump threatened their country with even higher tariffs on Tuesday, saying he would ratchet up his 25 percent tariff to as high as 50 percent following Prime Minister Trudeau’s imposition of 25 percent tariffs on more than $100 billion worth of American goods. 

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