Ontario Premier Doug Ford says Canada and the United States should work together to counter China, rather than engage in a damaging trade war — and has a message for Mexico to join them.
“The big problem, in my opinion, is China: cheap Chinese products going through Mexico.
They’re slapping a ‘made-in-Mexico’ sticker on (products) and shipping them up through the U.S. and Canada and costing American and Canadian jobs.
Trump himself has highlighted the issue and said he will address it when the updated free trade pact comes up for review in 2026.
“We (Canada) ship down more than 4.3 million barrels (of oil) every single day,” Ford told CNN on Monday.
Premiers are set to visit Washington, D.C., in February — after Trump is inaugurated — to meet with lawmakers and administration officials.
“The only people that win (in a Canada-U.S. trade war) is China. »