Jon Cooper is still marveling that one of the biggest achievements of his career was became a surreal international drama
U.S. President Donald Trump, who has imposed tariffs on Canadian goods and threatened to make Canada the 51st state, has loomed large over the contest.
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About 38% of U.S. imports from Canada fall under the USMCA ‒ a free trade deal Trump signed in 2019 ‒ meaning about 62% of goods from Canada will still be subject to tariffs, the Trump White House said. About 50% of imports from Mexico fall under the agreement, so about half of Mexican imports will be subject to the tariffs.
President Trump’s plan to apply 25 percent tariffs on Canadian exports is set to start on Tuesday. They would deal a brutal blow to Canada’s economy.
“We cannot allow this scourge to continue to harm the USA, and therefore, until it stops, or is seriously limited, the proposed TARIFFS scheduled to go into effect on MARCH FOURTH will, indeed, go into effect, as scheduled,” he said.