Canada's PM Carney vows to ‘fight’ Trump’s tariffs, other world leaders weigh impact

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney connected Wednesday evening vowed to "fight" the caller circular of tariffs announced by President Donald Trump, and said helium would crook to different planetary partners to get done the rocky times ahead. 

"President Trump has conscionable announced a bid of measures that are going to fundamentally alteration the planetary trading system," Carney told reporters pursuing Trump’s Rose Garden announcement. We're successful a concern wherever there's going to beryllium an interaction connected the U.S. economy, which volition physique with time.

"In our judgment, it volition beryllium antagonistic connected the U.S. system that volition person an interaction connected us," helium added, noting millions of Canadians volition beryllium impacted.

Prime Minister Mark Carney holds a property league pursuing the First Ministers Meeting astatine the National War Museum connected Friday, March 21, 2025. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)

WHICH COUNTRIES IMPOSE THE HIGHEST TARIFFS ON THE US?

While Trump did not contented immoderate further tariffs against Canada pursuing the 25% tariffs already successful spot connected each Canadian imports, the 10% tariff connected its vigor exports and the broad tariff connected each aluminum and steel, helium did denote a 25% tariff connected each overseas conveyance imports. 

He besides pointed retired that Trump said determination could beryllium aboriginal targeted tariffs against pharmaceutical companies, lumber and semiconductors — tariffs that volition person wide impact connected U.S. trading partners beyond Canada and Mexico, but crossed Europe and Asia.

"In a crisis, it's important to travel together," Carney said. "It's indispensable to enactment with intent and with force, and that's what we volition do."

Before the tariff announcement, Canadian Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said astatine an predetermination run lawsuit connected Wednesday that helium supports "targeted, reciprocal" tariffs connected American goods — and if his enactment wins the wide predetermination connected April 28 and helium becomes premier minister, helium would similar to beryllium down with President Donald Trump and make a caller commercialized deal, replacing the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, which the president signed successful 2020.
 

Pierre Poilievre, person of Canada's Conservative Party, speaks astatine the Assembly of First Nations Annual General Assembly successful Montreal, Quebec, Canada, connected Thursday, July 11, 2024.  (Graham Hughes/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Poilievre besides said that Canada indispensable support power of its borderline and freshwater and support some its automotive manufacture and supply-managed workplace sectors.

David Adams, president and CEO of Global Automakers of Canada — a nationalist commercialized relation representing the Canadian interests of 16 automakers, including BMW Canada, Inc. and Nissan Canada Inc. — said successful a statement, "Tariffs are taxes that wounded consumers by expanding costs, driving up inflation, and unfairly impacting workers connected some sides of the border."

"Governments should look to semipermanent solutions to region these tariffs, prioritizing the elimination of regulatory barriers to manufacture competitiveness and providing automakers with flexibilities to respond successful these uncertain times."

Reactions from European Union leaders began to look pursuing Trump’s announcement that helium volition deed the EU with 20% tariffs connected each imported goods, with disappointment, interest and commitments to proceed negotiations with the U.S.

US President Donald Trump holds a illustration arsenic helium delivers remarks connected reciprocal tariffs during an lawsuit successful the Rose Garden entitled "Make America Wealthy Again" astatine the White House successful Washington, DC, connected April 2, 2025. (Getty Images)

CANADA STARES DOWN CONSEQUENCES OF TRUMP TARIFF WAR: JOB LOSSES, GROCERY PRICE HIKES, POSSIBLE RECESSION

Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, mostly seen arsenic a Trump ally, said Trump's tariffs were "wrong" and warned they would not lone harm American and European pocketbooks, but assistance Western adversaries.

"We volition bash everything we tin to enactment towards an statement with the United States, with the extremity of avoiding a commercialized warfare that would inevitably weaken the West successful favour of different planetary players," Meloni said successful a connection connected Facebook.

"In immoderate case, arsenic always, we volition enactment successful the involvement of Italy and its economy, besides engaging with different European partners," she added.

Ireland’s Deputy Prime Minister, Simon Harris, said helium "deeply regret[s]" the caller tariffs but said helium is committed to moving with Washington to extremity this tariff war. 

"I indispensable beryllium honorable contiguous that a 20% broad tariff connected goods from each EU countries could person a important effect connected Irish concern and the wider economy," helium said, noting the effects would "likely beryllium felt for immoderate time."

Chairman of the European Parliament's International Trade Committee Bernd Lange called for a agreed effect from countries targeted by Trump.

President Donald Trump speaks during an lawsuit to denote caller tariffs successful the Rose Garden astatine the White House, Wednesday, April 2, 2025, successful Washington, arsenic Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick listens.  (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

"While President Trump mightiness telephone contiguous 'Liberation Day,' from an mean citizen's constituent of presumption this is 'Inflation Day,' helium said, reported Reuters. "Because of this decision, U.S. consumers volition beryllium forced to transportation the heaviest load successful a commercialized war."

Lange said the EU volition respond done "legal, legitimate, proportionate and decisive" measures.

Swiss President Karin Keller-Sutter said her authorities would enactment to fig retired the adjacent steps.  

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The U.K., on with the president of Mexico up of the announcement, said they would proceed to enactment with the U.S. and would not unreserved to enforce reciprocal tariffs.

Similarly, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said that portion Trump's determination was "not the enactment of a friend," his state would not impose reciprocal tariffs, reported Reuters. 

He reportedly condemned the U.S. tariffs arsenic wholly unwarranted and said Australia will continue to negociate to person the tariffs lifted.