Canada prepares dialogue with Mexico and the EU to deal with Washington

Ottawa. Canada’s Foreign Minister Melanie Joly reported yesterday that she would soon talk to her counterparts from allied countries, in an attempt to defend against tariffs that the president of the United States, Donald Trump, threatens to impose.

Joly told reporters in Ottawa that he had already contacted the Mexican Foreign Minister and added that he would talk to European and United Kingdom officials this week.

The former Minister of Finance Chrystia Freeland, who aspires to replace Justin Trudeau as Prime Minister, asked that an international summit be organized to prepare a joint response to tariff threats, the Bloomberg agency reported.

Freeland declared that in case of being chosen as the leader of the Liberal Party, he plans to hold a meeting with the leaders of Mexico, Denmark, Panama and the European Union the same day that he gives protest as Prime Minister.

The question of customs rights will be In the center Of the discussions, said the head of Canadian diplomacy, after specifying that he was looking for a coordination.

According to her, the conversations between London and the capitals of the European block refer to The different possible responses to customs rights.

Trust diplomacy

Our purpose is to ensure that tariffs are avoided and we believe we can do itconsidered. We think that diplomacy can work and that our arguments are solidhe added.

Joly plans to meet Washington on Wednesday with her new American counterpart, Marco Rubio.

Trump said he wanted to impose 25 percent tariffs on products from Canada and Mexico from February 1, and accused these neighboring countries of not properly controlling the United States of undocumented migrants and drugs such as fentanyl.