Chrystia Freeland

If these tariffs are put in place, it is going to hurt Americans ... Totally absurd.

Right now, this is maybe abstract for Americans. But if these tariffs are put in place, it is going to hurt Americans... You are going to be putting tariffs, a tax, on the oil and gas and electricity that we sell you.

Trump’s tariffs ‘self-defeating and self-mutilating’

Democracy is about listening to people, and Canadians were very clear with us that they did not think that policy worked for them.

He wants to turn Canada into the 51st state, and it's no joke.

Trump represented the greatest threat to Canada since World War Two.

Our retaliation is going to be a lot more surgical than that. We are going to go after American stakeholders who matter to the White House.

I have a message today for President Trump. If you force our hand, we will inflict the biggest trade blow that the United States has ever endured.

These tariffs are illegal. They are unjustified. And crucially, Erin, they are self-mutilating for the United States. They're going to hurt the U.S. really badly.

If you force our hand, we will inflict the biggest trade blow.

I am calling on all the countries that are affected by this tariff to join us and our retaliation will target specific Trump constituencies, another group that we're going to go after is Wisconsin dairy farmers.

The message of this week is that the whole world, starting with the United States, needs to be focused on job creation.