Trump threatens Canada with 100% tariffs over trade deal with China

Mr Trump had initially sounded positive over the trade deal (AP)

US president Donald Trump has threatened to impose a 100% tariff on goods imported from Canada if America’s northern neighbour goes ahead with its trade deal with China.

Mr Trump said in a social media post that if Canadian prime minister Mark Carney “thinks he is going to make Canada a ‘Drop Off Port’ for China to send goods and products into the United States, he is sorely mistaken.”

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While Mr Trump has waged a trade war over the past year, Canada this month negotiated a deal to lower tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles in return for lower import taxes on Canadian farm products.

Mr Trump initially had said that agreement was what Carney “should be doing and it’s a good thing for him to sign a trade deal”.