Global News: “If Canada, for example, came to the United States and said, ‘We’re going to zero tariffs on the United States, all of them are off on our end,’ would you [and the] president go to zero tariffs and let Canadian companies and American companies compete on a level playing field?” Kennedy asked.
“Absolutely not,” Bessent replied.
“We saw two weeks ago when Prime Minister Carney went to China, he lowered tariffs on Chinese EVs from 100 per cent to six per cent. The U.S. has 100 per cent tariffs on Chinese EVs. We couldn’t let our northern border be used as a way for Chinese EVs to come into the U.S.”…