Canada responds to Donald Trump's move. "Direct assault on workers"

Trump announced on Wednesday that On April 2, she will impose 25-proc. duties on all cars and light trucks imported from abroad. The rate to date was 2.5%. “We will defend our employees, we will defend our companies, we will defend our country,” said Carney, who commented on Trump’s decision on duties after leaving the gathering with the trade union president Unifor Lana Payne. Customs considered it a "direct attack" on Canadian workers and announced that Canada would "soon" respond to US duties on cars imported into the US.

— We have already announced retaliatory duties, we have another options, further retaliation duties," Carney said. He didn't give any details. Canada announced in early March that it would impose duties of 25% on imports from the US worth a full of 155 billion Canadian dollars.

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Canada must ‘take care of itself’

Carney added that Canadians have been observing for many months the U.S.'s actions, which he referred to as "a betrayal" in relations and stressed that Canada must "take care of itself". He recalled that the Government of Canada has undertaken to allocate all the funds collected from the retaliatory duties imposed on imports from the USA to support workers of Canadian companies.

Earlier on Wednesday, Carney, who, as part of an election run before the announced on 28 April, met with automotive sector workers in Windsor, Ontario, close the U.S. border, announced the creation of a peculiar fund of $2 billion. This is intended to be a "strategic consequence fund" for the sector, which will aid boost the competitiveness of Canadian car and car manufacturers, and to support the training of workers, defend jobs and aid build a "strong Canadian supply chain". Carney said Canadian automotive production "will be an advantage in the fresh world" and "help defend us from the commercial threats of president Trump and aid economical growth".