Trudeau says the U.S. launched a ‘very dumb’ trade war and Canada is fighting back

OTTAWA — U.S. President Donald Trump remained resolute about using tariffs to fill America’s coffers hours after starting a North American trade war that rattled markets and was described by Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as “very dumb.”

“Tariffs are about making America rich again and about making America great again … there will be a little disturbance, but we’re OK with that,” Trump said during a marathon address to a joint session of Congress Tuesday evening.

Trudeau earlier Tuesday called Trump’s imposition of a 10 per cent tariff on Canadian energy and 25 per cent tariffs on all other goods “a very dumb thing to do.”

During an

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