As Trump tariffs loom, Joly will make trip to Washington
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Joly's office did not say exactly when she's departing or whether other ministers will accompany her, and did not name the officials she'll be meeting with in Washington.
Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly will head to Washington next week as part of her government’s efforts to press the incoming Trump administration not to impose damaging tariffs on Canada.
President-elect Donald Trump has threatened to impose 25 per cent across-the-board tariffs on imports from Canada and Mexico when he is inaugurated later this month.
Joly’s office did not say exactly when she’s departing or whether other ministers will accompany her, and did not name the officials she’ll be meeting with in Washington.
“We have to be ready,” Joly told reporters Friday morning on Parliament Hill, ahead of a meeting of ministers on the Canada-U. S. cabinet committee to discuss the retaliatory measures Ottawa would deploy if those tariffs are applied.
“We need to take him very seriously and we need to show the American people, and folks and people around Trump, that there will be real consequences. That Canada has a deep affection for the U.S., has a strong relationship, is its closest ally — but also, we have leverage,” she said.
Joly said she spoke Friday morning with U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, a key Republican. She said she speaks with him “pretty much every day” and met with him in Florida in December.
She said she also has met with Trump’s likely cabinet members, including her probable future counterpart Marco Rubio, border chief nominee Tom Holman, commerce secretary nominee Howard Lutnick and Doug Burgum, likely to be named energy secretary. She said she’s had “contacts with” Mike Waltz, likely to be named national security adviser.
“These folks are starting officially on Jan. 20, but the reality is, their action plan is already ready,” Joly said, adding that Trump is “a seasoned decision-maker” who has a loyal team made up of officials who might restrain him less than those in his first administration.
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