CALGARY – Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says she doesn’t want to be “exuberant about dodging the bullet” with U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest tariff announcement but that it might push a trade agreement renegotiation until after the April 28 federal election.
The Trump administration is going ahead with 25 per cent levies on all auto imports starting today, which adds to existing 25 per cent tariffs on all steel and aluminum imports.
Goods imported under the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement on trade, known as CUSMA, remain spared from tariffs, though imports outside the pact will be hit with 25 per cent levies.
Smith told a room of business leaders in Calgary that it’s hard for her to celebrate knowing many sectors will still be hurt.
The premier’s comment comes one day after she called the development in the trade war an “important win” for Alberta and Canada.
Smith says her provincial counterparts are all on board with the retaliatory tariffs announced by Prime Minister Mark Carney and believes the measures are unlikely to result in further U.S. retaliation.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published April 3, 2025.
