Canada holds its breath, and is waiting to see the details of the promised tariffs

Canadians are awaiting a vision of details about the promised American definitions that can paralyze the Canadian economy.

US President Donald Trump has been threatening definitions for Canada and linking him on February 1 the day he would come. On Friday, he indicated that he intends to move forward with his promise.

White House journalist Caroline Levitt said the president would carry out a 25 percent tariff for Canada and Mexico, as well as a 10 percent tariff in China starting on Saturday.

Trump gave himself journalists at the Oval Office a mysterious picture of how to crystallize his plan, saying:

• The customs tariff will include oil and gas by or “about” February 18.
• The oil tax will decrease to 10 percent, but it is unclear whether the low duties will be applied from the beginning.
• There will be “a lot of definitions” on steel and aluminum.
• The definitions “ultimately” will include copper, although “it will take a little longer.”
• The reaction of the financial markets for his plans was not a concern.
• The definitions can increase “significantly” over time.

Experts said that only 10 percent tax will be flying Billions of dollars off the GDP in Canada Perhaps the country is drowned in a painful stagnation that requires government incentive to support the economy.

Trump has turned back and forth when he mentioned his thinking about the definitions in Canada. While initially indicated that customs duties need to be imposed in order to motivate the Canadian government to enhance border security, the president also complained about the trade deficit.

On Friday, Trump accused Canada of “unresolved treatment” on trade.

The United States government Private data It is suggested that trade in goods deficit with Canada amounted to $ 55 billion in November 2024. However, Canadian officials argued that when oil exports are excluded, Americans have already have a trade surplus with Canada. Data also excludes American services consumed by Canadians – including the entertainment industry.

Trump also brought migrants and drugs entering the United States from Canada, although data indicates that the southern border represents the vast majority of these posts.

Customs and US border protection numbers show that the agency seized only 19.5 kilograms of fentanel on the northern border last year, compared to 9,570 kilograms in the southwest.

Illegal immigration has grown across Canada to the United States in recent years.

American customs and border protection officers scored nearly 200,000 meetings on the northern border between October 2023 and September 2024, according to the agency’s data. This is nearly twice the number recorded during the same period in 2022, and six times the number seen in 2020.

However, the number of accidents on the Canadian border last year was hardly one percent of the total number of people who stopped through the American border borders from trying to enter the country between the checkpoints.

Meanwhile, the United States was the highest source of Illegal firearms enter Canada.

However, Ottawa showed a willingness to interact with Trump in the border case, declaring a $ 1.3 billion border package, which will lead to more employees and technology to improve the parallel police.

But the president said on Friday that there is nothing that the Canadian government could do to persuade him unlike the path.

“We are not looking for a privilege. We will only see what will happen,” Trump said on Friday.