Canada is less than 72 hours after the possible 25 percent tariffs imposed by the president of the United States, Donald Trump.
Provincial and territorial leaders held a virtual meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau today, and Saskatchewan Prime Minister Scott Moe said his message was broad and contrary to one dollar's tariffs “are not from Saskatchewan's perspective” .
Moe told journalists in Regina before the meeting that everything that leaders say and do must focus on “descale the entire conversation about tariffs.”
He says that he would support a discussion around a package of specific rates and it is worth considering actions such as those taken several years ago during a meat dispute with the United States.
MOE also says that export charges in agricultural machinery manufactured in Saskatchewan would have a short -term impact on the province's industry, but they would cost US farmers more.
“We should not be in any way climbing the conversation to spacious base dollar tariffs per dollar,” Moe said Wednesday in the Western Canada Economic Forum.
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“Export tariffs … if we had to start exporting as potassa or oil, if the federal government considered convenient (adding rates), it would tear this country.”
Instead, MOE said he favors the counter-tarifa and communication with the American public.
“We need to constantly communicate about the impact, not only of a broad base tariff of the United States, but of the impact of what would be possible counter-tarifas,” Moe said.
It is a position that the opposition leader Carla Beck shares.
“We will continue to press this … the importance of presenting the case for American consumers,” Beck said.
While Moe and Beck expressed what the province needs to do, the Regina Economic Development CEO, Chris Lane, talked about the impacts that tariffs would have in the capital city.
“We know that we would take off from approximately $ 175 million in businesses in the Regina region almost immediately,” said Lane.
According to Lane, the long -term impacts in Regina are still worse.
“The most worrying part is that over time if those rates and policies remain implemented is that companies that build their headquarters and production facilities in this part of the world begin to move that to the United States”
While tariffs are a real threat to the prime minister, MOE advocates focusing on what is under the control of the province, such as improving border security.
“Look for opportunities to satisfy some of the concerns that our biggest business partner has.”
Saskatchewan trades approximately $ 30 billion every year in the south.
– With files from the Canadian press
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