Trudeau Warns of China Ties Due to US Tariffs

0:00Former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is sounding the alarm that new American tariffs on Canadian cars could push Canada straight into deeper ties with China in the auto industry. He dropped this during a CNBC event in Singapore on Thursday, drawing a direct line to a crisis almost 10 years back, with Bombardier's C-Series jets. Back then, Boeing and Airbus went all out to block Bombardier's sales, pressuring buyers not to order those jets. Airbus started sinking fast, and that's when China rolled up with a ton of cash, ready to swoop in and take over. Trudeau took it to the 2017 G7 Summit in Italy, chatting with then-President Donald Trump, a manual Macron, and Angela Merkel. Right after, Airbus stepped up and bought into the C-Series program, saving the day and keeping Canada from jumping into China's arms. Fast forward to now, Canada slapped 100% tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles in 2024 to mash the U.S. But Trump hit back with heavy duties on our auto sector in 2025.

1:02Then in January, Prime Minister Mark Carney met Xi Jinping and traded tariff breaks for Canadian farmers in exchange for letting up to 49,000 Chinese EVs in at just 6.1%. Trudeau's core warning, when allies like the U.S. played dirty with tariffs instead of teaming up, it hands the win to rivals like China who don't share our values, and that's exactly what's brewing again in autos. That wraps Canada news today, brought to you with AI. I'm Cory with the story.