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Trudeau was warned about Trump’s trade plans before phone call: briefing note

Amidst the Canadian election on April 28, U.S. President Donald Trump has declared a trade war on Canada, calling for it to become the 51st state, angering Canadians and straining the relationship between the two countries.
This trade war includes 25% tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum, threatened on April 2, and is occurring while the new Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney, who was sworn in on March 14, has not yet had a phone call with Trump, an unusual situation.
The Ambassador Bridge, which carries 25% of trade between the U.S. And Canada, amounting to $98 billion annually or $281 million daily, is near where Prime Minister Carney made his comments.
Prime Minister Carney stated on Wednesday that U.S. President Trump's trade war is hurting American consumers, noting that "American consumer confidence is at a multi-year low" and that "He wants to break us so America can own us."
In response to the trade war, Carney announced a $1.4 billion strategic response fund to protect the 125,000 Canadian auto sector jobs, granting U.S. Automakers a one-month exemption on tariffs earlier this month, while worries persist that domestic manufacturing could be crushed.

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