Of the incoming 50% tariffs on Canadian goods, Carney said “we will look at all options in terms of how we would respond, if they do come into effect.”
This isn’t the first stumbling block that the U.S. and Canada have come across during the collaborative process of building the bridge.
The progress of the bridge came into question in February this year, when Trump threatened to block its opening if the U.S. was not “compensated.”
Trump claimed that Canada would own both sides of the Gordie Howe International Bridge, for which construction began in 2018, and complained that the infrastructure has been built with “virtually no U.S. content.”
Carney addressed tensions at the time, telling reporters he and Trump had discussed the dispute.
“I explained that Canada, of course, paid for the construction of the bridge, over $4 billion. That the ownership is shared between the state of Michigan and the government of Canada,” Carney said. He pushed back against Trump’s claims about the building materials, arguing that both Canadian and U.S. steel had been used.
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