OTTAWA — Canada would be “strongly opposed” to any new tariffs on Canadian exports to the U.S., Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said Wednesday after meeting with her American counterpart in the Trump administration. “I had a very strong sense from everyone I spoke with of the appreciation of the strong relationship between Canada and the United States,” Freeland said in a phone call with Canadian reporters after a day of meetings in the U.S. capital. “How (the tax plan) might work and what it might include, and whether tariffs might be a part of it, is very much all under discussion. “I did make the point that Canada will have no position on the tax reform plan or the border adjustment tax idea until it is fully-formed and it is a concrete proposal. RelatedFinance Minister Bill Morneau is scheduled for meetings Thursday with senior economic advisors to President Donald Trump.

Source: National Post February 08, 2017 21:50 UTC