Canada should broaden its consequence to its trade war pinch the US by going beyond tariffs and targeting combatant jets and coal, said a Canadian premier.
"I americium encouraging the premier curate to look astatine non-tariff measures to respond, arsenic well, to what the Americans are trying to do to Canadians," British Columbia Premier David Eby said astatine a property convention connected Tuesday.
One imaginable target: Canada's planned acquisition of American F-35 combatant jets.
"When your friend kicks you successful the back, 1 of the first rules is you don't past spell and bargain $12 cardinal of combatant jets from that person," said Eby astatine a property convention connected Tuesday.
Canada had planned to get 88 F-35s from US defense elephantine Lockheed Martin, but Carney put the procurement nether reappraisal soon aft taking agency successful March 2025.
Eby's different imaginable unit constituent is American thermal coal.
American thermal ember is shipped done British Columbia to the Westshore terminal adjacent Vancouver, a cardinal export way for US ember producers.
Eby said Ottawa should see further export tariffs aliases taxes connected those shipments.
"We should beryllium having a nationalist discussion," he said. "Should we beryllium buying those combatant jets from the United States? In my opinion, the reply is perfectly not."
The proposals travel arsenic the US-Canada waste and acquisition narration deteriorates sharply.
Canada is 1 of the US's largest trading partners, pinch astir $870 cardinal successful goods and services traded betwixt the 2 countries successful 2025.
Trade negotiations collapsed down past week, and caller 50% US tariffs connected astir $20 cardinal of Canadian imports took effect Saturday. On Monday, Trump besides said that tariffs connected Canadian vehicles, car parts, and alloy would emergence to 50% connected January 1.
Canada plans dollar-for-dollar retaliation opening September 8. On Tuesday, Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne announced tariffs connected 27.6 cardinal Canadian dollars, aliases astir $20 billion, of US imports, including steel, fish, dairy, and electronics.
Meanwhile, Carney has highlighted areas wherever Washington relies connected Canada.
On Monday, while announcing an $8.2 cardinal statement for six Canadian Coast Guard icebreakers, Carney pointed to the vessels arsenic an illustration of 1 of the "many, many, galore things" the US needs from Canada.
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Huileng Tan
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