Canadian officials are feeling their voices against rates through digital billboards in various states.
The billboards like the ones in the Detroit metro area read this week: « The rates are a grocery tax tax. »
CBS News Detroit contacted the Canada government on Wednesday, which paid for the announcement. John Babcock, a spokesman for Global Affairs Canada, sent a statement on Thursday, saying that the billboards were placed in Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, New Hampshire, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin, as well as Washington, DC and the surrounding areas.
« The Canada government has launched an educational campaign to inform Americans of the economic impacts of rates. The campaign is a strategic investment in the long-term economic interests of Canada and its commercial relationship with the United States, » said Babcock. « Rates are a tax on workers’ Americans in their daily lives. They led to an increase in costs in everyday basic elements, including fuel and groceries. The purpose is to increase the understanding of the US public and counteract misinformation. »
Canada responded to President Trump’s rates, which later implemented tariffs against the United States. Trump proposed 25% of rates in the country and all imports of steel and aluminum. In response, Canada threatened to implement $ 21 billion in retaliation rates.
Trump said that he would increase rates on Canadian steel and aluminum imports to 50%but withdrew this proposal And it remained at the rate of 25%.
Earlier this month, Ontario announced that he was adding a 25% surcharge to all electricity exports Sent to the United States that the surcharge would have affected consumers and companies in Michigan, Minnesota and New York, but the Prime Minister of Ontario, Doug Ford announced that Canada would suspend this plan And the Trump administration supported the double of Canadian steel and aluminum rates.
In his last step, Mr. Trump Imposed 25% of rates on automatic vehicles and parts imported in the United States On Wednesday. Experts say that focusing on imported cars could also deal with links to major North -Americans, including Canada, Japan, Mexico, South Korea and Europe. Half of the cars sold in the United States are manufactured in the country. Among imports, about half come from Mexico and Canada, with Japan, South Korea and Germany also the main suppliers.
Meanwhile, the President of the United Automobile Union Shawn Fain supported Mr. Trump’s imposed rates on cars made abroadapplauding the administration to « increase to end the free trade disaster that has devastated the working class communities for decades. »
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