Prime Minister Justin Trudeau confronted U.S. President Donald Trump during the signing ceremony of the USMCA, addressing U.S. tariffs on Canadian steel, using recent GM plant closures on both sides of the border as allegory for how tariffs negatively affect the economies of both closely-tied nations.
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