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The Foreign Minister of Ottawa warns that if the United States destroys trade with Canada, the United States will be forced to buy oil from geopolinal competitors such as Venezuela.
Mélaniejoly told the Financial Times that if the relationship between the two countries falls into a trade war, the US President’s 25 % threat to Canada’s import will hit the “real person”.
“We transported oil with the discounts of refining in Texas. If it was not us, it was Venezuela.
“There is no other choice on the table, the government does not want to cooperate with Venezuela.”
Donald Trump, US President Donald Trump, performed thorough sanctions on Caracas during the first term of the White House.
JOLY’s last moment in the United States’ capital to avoid the first mature trade war from the Trump’s new government. President threatened again on February 1 on February 1 to impose 25 % tariffs on Canada and Mexico.
President said he was considering excluding oil imports from tariffs, which reflected the United States’ dependence on its neighbors with a lot of energy.
Despite the soaring shale oil production in Dharisus and other states, Canada still accounts for about 60 % of its imported crude oil consumed by the United States.
Many American refineries depend on the types of heavy oil produced by Canada or Venezuela, not the lighter results produced by the shale industry in the United States.
Joly went to Washington to meet with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio and other senior US officials. She also warned that members of Congress Mountain that the situation of trade tensions will be attacked by “real people”, especially It is in the Republican country.
“We don’t want that,” Joli said. “We hope we are in a win -win position, we think we can provide it.”
Both Ottawa and Mexico have formulated a retaliatory tariff list for Trump to issue the United States when Trump’s tariff triggers.
Canadian Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson vowed that if Trump follows his threat, he vowed to “sell” American products, such as steel and orange juice.
In recent weeks, Trump has launched repeated broadness to Canada, describing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as “Governor” and claims that the country should become the United States in the 1951s.
Trump said earlier this month that the United States’ annexation of Canada was “really one thing, and he could use” economic power “to do this.
Juli said the idea was not proposed at any meeting with US officials. “Never.” When asked, she answered.
She said: “We can be a real good friend, the best friend, but we will never be a state, nor is it a colony.”
Canada and Mexico also tried to prove to Trump that they are keeping in touch with the widespread land boundary between the United States and the United States to cope with his statement that his drugs and immigrants are crossing his country illegally.
“On the border, I think we are enjoying a good traction.” He added that she would meet with Trump’s border Tsar Tom Homan on Friday.
Canada has promised to spend 1 billion US dollars on the border. Recently, the newly leased black eagle patrol helicopter has been deployed on the border. The additional dogs and 60 drones are partly due to Trump’s request, as well as weapons and weapons and weapons and weapons and weapons and weapons and weapons and weapons and weapons and weapons and Worries without certificate immigrants.
“We also want to strengthen the border around us because we also pay attention to the potential flow of illegal gunflows from the United States and the potential flow of illegal immigrants from the United States.”
Trump threatened to expel millions of people who did not have permanent legal status, which caused people to worry, that is, some immigrants would go to Canada to seek asylum.
Juli said that although the US President obviously associates his early threat to the 25 % tariff with the border security, the United States and Canada will review its wider trade relations, including the North American trade agreement signed by Trump in the last government. As a separate process.
