New Brunswick’s premier says the province will not back down despite a temporary pause on some U.S. tariffs.
Susan Holt said her government will keep U.S. alcohol off shelves and stop U.S. purchasing and contracts.
Holt said they will also move ahead with implementing their $162-million tariff action plan.
The plan includes support for affected residents, relief for businesses and movement on interprovincial trade.
On Thursday, U.S. President Donald Trump said he would delay tariffs on some Canadian goods until April 2.
The exemption applies to all goods under the North American free trade agreement, known as the Canada-United States-Mexico Agreement.
It came two days after the Trump administration implemented 25 per cent tariffs on nearly all Canadian imports on Tuesday.
Canada fired back by bringing forward its own 25 per cent tariff on $30 billion worth of goods coming into our country from the United States.
Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc said Canada will pause the second wave of tariffs on $125 billion worth of U.S. products until April 2 while the government continues to work for the removal of all tariffs.
We said NB wouldn’t be bullied and we won’t back down. Despite the tariff pause announced by Trump today, our government will keep US alcohol off our shelves, stop US purchasing and contracts, keep pushing to knock down interprovincial trade barriers, diversify markets and… pic.twitter.com/FQsHa3Ai32
— Susan Holt (@susanholt) March 7, 2025
