U.S. President Donald Trump took more jabs at Canada on Tuesday – this time threatening to remove Canadian products from government contracts in response to the country’s retaliatory tariffs which came into effect at midnight.
In a social media post, Trump said he would direct his trade representatives and the U.S. General Services Administration, which oversees federal contracts, to “take all necessary steps” to remove Canadian-origin products “unless Canada restores full and fair reciprocity for American Farmers and Companies.”
“This should have been cut off years ago, by other Administrations, like it was by mine, only to [be] reinstituted by Sleepy Joe Biden,” he added.
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