Canada comes from Canada where U.S. President Donald Trump is based in Ottawa, and there is some good news and some bad news.
First, the good news: He suggested a new Canadian-U.S. agreement could be reached in the near future, which would benefit both countries.
Bad news? Don't count on tax-free transactions again.
Pete Hoekstra spoke Wednesday at a meeting in his hometown of Michigan, where he also lamented what he said was recent anti-Americanism in Canada.
“The president and the prime minister hope to make a resolution as soon as possible,” Hawkstra said in a family. Control Board at Mackinac Policy Conference.
“We will solve this problem.”
He predicts that there will eventually be stronger Canadian-US relations.
Ambassador says tariffs won't disappear completely
As a specific example, he mentioned the automotive industry, declaring that Canada and the United States are not competitors – China is the competition.
But there is a catch. According to the ambassador's speech, Canada should not believe that the tariffs will disappear completely.
“The president has been very clear that every country that wants to do business in the United States has taxes,” Hawkstra said.
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This actually puts Canada in a good position: According to the way these negotiations, Canada can best get US trade with any country.
He said Trump has given up most of the tariffs on Canada. Indeed, Canada does not fully impose 10% of Trump in most countries.
However, it does have a 25% tariff on steel and aluminum like most parts of the world, and a 25% tariff on certain products not traded under the Canada-US Mexican contract.
According to comments from both countries, it sounds like Ottawa and Washington envision two phases of trade negotiations. They are now discussing a deal to resolve a limited complaint, and then within a few months, plans to begin an update to the wider Canadian-U.S. Mexico agreement.
Hoekstra is out of touch with Trump
It is not clear how much weight is placed on the ambassador’s prediction.
This week’s event shows that he doesn’t always sync with his boss. Even a basic question, perhaps the most fundamental question: Will his country continue to talk about annexing neighbors?
Hoekstra said one thing that the US president had contradicted him within a few days.
Entering his first question on Wednesday, reporters asked Prime Minister Mark Carney if he was considering a U.S. president’s “offer” for the president of Canada in order to spend $61 billion on a new missile defense system. Carney said he walked over and said “this is not an offer.”
Last week, the ambassador even Sounds angry Hoekstra told the CBC that Canadians kept mentioning annexation: “Keep going.” “I'm not talking about it; Donald Trump is not talking about it.”
This position lasted almost the entire weekend.
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But Hoekstra continued to show Canadians were overly excited on Wednesday. He said the provinces were angry that they banned US alcohol sales.
He lamented that there are no constituencies in Canada that have expressed pro-US opinions in the past four to six months, and even no business community.
“Both parties are operating on anti-Trump platforms. That's a barrier,” he said.
“Your both sides are basically anti-U.S. A business community is largely silent.”
What he said – four to six months ago – coincides with Trump's contemplation of Canadian poverty Use economic power Join the United States
