Canadian PM Vows To Fight Trump Tariffs, Declares ‘Old Relationship’ With US ‘Over’

Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney declared that the close, postwar alliance between the U.S. and his country is finished—vowing to fight the impending President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

In an address to reporters in Ottawa on Thursday, Carney offered a blunt rebuke to the Trump administration as it prepares to slap a 25 percent tariff on foreign car imports — a move the prime minister said won’t go unanswered.

“The old relationship we had with the United States, based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military co-operations, is over,” Carney said.

He continued: “What exactly the United States does next is unclear. But what is clear is that we, as Canadians, have agency. We have power. We are masters in our own home. We can control our destiny. We can give ourselves much more than any foreign government, including the United States, can ever take away.”

He added: “We can deal with this crisis best by building our strength right here at home. It will take hard work. It will take steady and focused determination from governments, from businesses, from labour, from Canadians. We will need to dramatically reduce our reliance on the United States. We will need to pivot our trade relationships elsewhere. And we will need to do things previously thought impossible at speeds we haven’t seen in generations.”

Carney vowed a “broad renegotiation” of Canada’s trade and security ties with the U.S., marking a sharp departure from the conventional diplomacy that has long defined cross-border relations.

“We will fight back with everything we have to get the best deal for Canada. We will build an independent future for our country, stronger than ever,” Carney said, promising “retaliatory trade actions” designed for “maximum impact in the US and minimum impacts in Canada.”

While Trump insists the tariffs will boost U.S. industry, Wall Street begged to differ: shares of General Motors plunged 7.4 percent, while Ford dropped nearly 4 percent.

Carney, in the middle of a national election campaign, hinted at emergency diplomacy: he’ll speak to Trump “in the next day or two,” and Canadian ministers may head to Washington.

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