11/3/2025–|Last update: 11/3/202508:11 PM (Mecca time)
On Tuesday, US President Donald Trump vowed Canada to pay a “heavy price” after using electricity “bargaining paper”, in light of the escalation of tension between the two countries against the backdrop of American waving by imposing customs definitions on Canadian imports.
He also issued instructions to the Minister of Commerce to impose an additional customs tariff of 25% to 50% on all imports of steel and aluminum coming from Canada, indicating that the new fees will enter into force tomorrow, Wednesday.
He threatened to raise customs duties on imported cars as of April 2 if Canada does not cancel its customs duties.
He said, “Canada will pay a heavy price that history books will register for years … I descended to a low level using electricity, a bargaining paper and threat,” he said.
He added, “The new instructions are a response to the imposition of the Canadian province of Ontario, a 25% customs tariff for electricity coming to the United States,” noting that he will soon announce the state of emergency in the electricity sector.
He stressed that Canada is required to abandon “immediately” its customs definitions against the United States.
Trump had confirmed yesterday that he was serious about his desire for Canada to become the US state No. 51.
In response to a question about whether the idea of annexing Canada was a “real matter” according to what Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently indicated, Trump said – in an interview broadcast on Sunday – “Yes, it is also, I think Canada will be in a much better position if the state becomes 51, because we lose 200 billion dollars annually with Canada. I will not let that happen. Why do we pay 200 billion dollars annually, as a kind of subsidy to Canada?”
He added that the United States does not provide benefits to Canada, but rather is buying products from a country rich in natural resources, including commodities such as oil, while the commercial gap in goods has expanded in recent years to reach 72 billion dollars in 2023, the deficit largely reflects America’s Canadian energy imports.
The US President said in a former publication on social media, “If Canada merges with the United States, there will be no customs recognition, taxes will decrease significantly, and Canada will be completely safe from the threat of Russian and Chinese ships that are constantly surrounding it.”
Trump has repeatedly threatened to impose high customs duties on Canadian goods, and the United States is the largest commercial partner of Canada and the destination of 75% of its exports. It depends on about two million Canadians of the total population of 41 million.
