‘We will never be a colony,’ Canadian foreign minister says to Trump’s 51st state remarks
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🗓️ 16 February 2025
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| 0:00.0 | The future of Ukraine took center stage at Munich's security conference over the last few days. |
| 0:05.7 | Before the U.S. announced it would meet with Russian officials, our foreign affairs correspondent |
| 0:10.1 | and defense correspondent Nick Schifrin sat down in Germany with Canadian foreign minister Melanie Jolie. |
| 0:15.7 | They began by focusing on U.S. economic threats against Canada and tensions, including in Munich, |
| 0:21.7 | between the U.S. and its closest allies. |
| 0:23.7 | Here in Munich this weekend, you told Europeans, quote, you're next on tariffs and that Canada |
| 0:28.9 | and Europe had to work together when it comes to tariffs. |
| 0:31.7 | Has the Trump administration's trade talk, has Trump administration's rhetoric here, even in |
| 0:37.1 | Europe affected how the U.S. |
| 0:39.2 | is perceived as an ally? Well, when it comes to tariffs, it's already the case in the sense |
| 0:44.4 | that steel and aluminum tariffs are already being imposed starting March 12 on European allies |
| 0:50.8 | and on everybody, actually. Canada is the biggest client of the US. |
| 0:56.0 | We buy from Americans more than China, Japan, France and the UK. |
| 1:04.0 | We're the best neighbors. We're best friends. |
| 1:07.0 | We're completely linked. |
| 1:10.0 | And so of course, if it happens against Canada, it will happen against Europeans. |
| 1:15.6 | President Trump has paused the 25% tariffs that he threatened on Canada for one month. |
| 1:20.6 | You called those 25% tariffs, quote, an existential threat. |
| 1:24.6 | Do you believe that President Trump will impose the tariffs? |
| 1:28.3 | Well, the basis on which these tariffs were going to be imposed on Canada and Mexico |
| 1:34.3 | were based on fentanyl and the fact that there were issues at the border. |
| 1:39.3 | So we wanted to do the best for us and also for the U.S., which is having a very secure border, |
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