Trump takes on Canada: ‘Lake Ontario will be called Lake America’
Trump takes on Canada: ‘Lake Ontario will be called Lake America’. Tensions between the two countries are mounting amid a war of words: on Monday, Trump ordered Canadian leaders to ‘fall into line’, warning them that otherwise they would face ‘much WORSE’ consequences than the current tariffs
Donald Trump has threatened to rename Lake Ontario as Lake America as part of the trade dispute with Canada. “The United States is seriously considering renaming Lake Ontario as Lake America, as we do not expect to do much business with Ontario in future,” he said on his social media platform, Truth.
Such a move by Trump is reminiscent of the Republican president’s announcement last year that he had, by executive order, renamed the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America”.
The Canada-US tariffs row
The United States and Canada are embroiled in a trade dispute: the tycoon’s latest move follows the Trump administration’s decision – announced at the weekend – to impose 50 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods worth $20 billion, following the breakdown of negotiations between the two countries. A decision to which Ottawa was quick to respond, stating in turn that, from 8 September, tariffs ranging from 15 per cent to 50 per cent will be imposed on a range of US products.
At a press conference, the Canadian Finance Minister, François-Philippe Champagne, spoke of tariffs worth 20 billion dollars, or 28 billion Canadian dollars , on steel, dairy products, household appliances and a range of other goods originating in the US.
Ontario is Canada’s most populous province and is home to the country’s motor industry.
