Canada is less than 72 hours out of potential 25 percent tariffs Imposing the US president Donald Trump.
Provincial and territorial leaders held a virtual meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau earlier today, and Prime Minister Saskatchewan Scott Moe said his message is a widespread dollar dollar counter “from Saskatchewan’s perspective.”
He could tell reporters in Regina on the eve of the meeting that all leaders say and do they have to focus on “the design of the whole tariff conversation.”
He says he would support the debate over tariff packaged and it is worth considering actions like those a few years ago during a dispute to commemorate meat with the USA
It can also say that export expenses on agricultural machinery produced in Saskatchewan would have a short -term impact on the province industry, but US farmers would cost more.
“We should not in any way escalate a conversation to a widely grounded dollar tariff,” “ Moe he said on Westernly Western Canada on Wednesday.
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“Export tariffs … If we start exports such as potassium or oil, if the federal government considers appropriate (adding tariffs), it would separate this country.”
Instead, he could say that she was favored by the target counter -courses and communication with the American public.
“We need to constantly communicate about the impact, not only on the wider tariff from the US, but also the influence of what the potential counter-tariff would be,” Moe said.
It is the leader of Carl Beck opposition stops.
“We will continue to press it … The importance of making a case for American consumers,” Beck said.
While Moe and Beck expressed what the province should do, the CEO of Economic Development Regina, Chris Lane, spoke about the tariffs of influence on the capital.
“We know that almost immediately from the region of the region of the region Regina, we would get around $ 175 million,” Lane said.
According to Lane, the long -term influences on Regina are even worse.
“The more worrying is the part is that over time, if these tariffs and these policies continue to be implemented that companies that build their headquarters and production facilities in this part of the world begin to move to the US”
Although tariffs are a real threat to the Prime Minister, it can be advocated to focus on what is under the control of the province, such as improving the boundary safety.
“Look for the possibility of satisfying maybe some of our biggest trade partner’s concerns.”
Saskatchewan traded approximately $ 30 billion every year to the south.
– with files from the Canadian press
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