Scott Bessent warns Washington will not allow Canada to become an ‘opening’ for cheap goods for China to pour into the US.

The United States will impose 100 per cent tariffs on Canadian imports should Ottawa finalise a new trade deal with China, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday, amplifying a similar threat from US President Donald Trump a day earlier. “We can’t let Canada become an opening that the Chinese pour their cheap goods into the US,” Bessent said on ABC’s This Week. During a visit to Beijing on January 16, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced a thaw in bilateral relations with China,…

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  • zippyhippynm@lemmy.zip
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    57 minutes ago

    Don’t want countries going to “the dark side”? Quit giving them a damn good reason to.

    Hell, quit BEING the dark side.