"We can't back down. Simple as that."
"[If] they want to come and open a big manufacturing facility and employ Unifor employees, well, let's talk."
"But don't be shipping cars in not manufactured by Ontarians."
"We have the best auto workers in the entire world. That's the compromise, he said."
Canada imposed a 100% tariff on Chinese electric vehicles to protect the domestic automobile industry, prompting retaliatory Chinese tariffs on canola, seafood and pork. Prairie premiers and agricultural stakeholders pressed Ottawa to lift EV duties to relieve farmers and producers. Ontario Premier Doug Ford insists the tariffs remain and that any Chinese involvement should include local manufacturing and employment of Unifor workers rather than importing vehicles. Prime Minister Mark Carney will visit China to discuss trade, energy, agriculture and international security and to repair relations strained after the 2018 detentions of two Canadians.
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