Trudeau resigns: Trump demands Canada's fusion with the USA!

Justin Trudeau, the Prime Minister of Canada, announced his resignation today. In the middle of these political upheavals, Donald Trump, future US president, proposed that Canada should merge with the USA. Trump argued that such a fusion would eliminate customs duties, reduce taxes and protect Canada from threats from Russian and Chinese ships. Trudeau has been confronted with falling popularity values ​​in the past few months, which he was attributed to high inflation rates and a crisis on the housing market and in the area of ​​public services.

The Situation tightened when Trump announced at the end of November that he wanted to improve imports from Canada with a dials of 25 percent. After a meeting with Trudeau in Florida, Trump mocked that he had dinner with a "governor", and recommended Kanada to become the 51st US state if the increased tariffs could not be coped with. Trump had already expressed interest in the purchase of the island of Greenland belonging to Denmark between 2017 and 2021 and in control of the Panama Canal.

questions about the future relationship between Canada and the USA

Canadian political leaders Trump congratulated his victory in the US presidential election and initial questions about the future relationship between Canada and the USA were raised. During Trump's previous term, there had already been tensions on trade issues, especially with regard to the new negotiation of the North American free trade agreement (NAFTA) and tariffs on Canadian aluminum products. The entry and immigration policy was also a controversial topic, not least due to Trump's ban on entry for several Muslim countries.

Trudeau and his cabinet are preparing for another term of office in Trump. Foreign Minister Mélanie Joly confirmed that Canada was ready to work with the new Trump administration. Trump had already called for NAFTA to negotiate in 2017 and threatened to terminate the agreement. After 14 months of negotiations, the new agreement, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), was reached in September 2018, which was entered into force in 2020 and will be checked in 2026. Trump plans to reopen the agreement again, which could lead to further tensions.

In addition, Trump announced

During his second term, to carry out mass instructions from undocumented immigrants and to introduce a minimum tariff from 10 % to all imports to the USA. This could provide Canada with further challenges, especially since talks with Trump's consultants have already started to avoid new trade tariffs. Experts expect Trump to implement the tariffs quickly without granting Canada an exception.

The developments throw a shadow on bilateral relationships that already burden Trump's attacks on Trudeau after the G7 summit 2018 and Canada's retaliation tariffs on US metal products.

For more details on Trudeau's resignation and Trump's suggestions, visit CBC .