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Trump trying to distract from tariff costs with 51st state remarks, Trudeau says

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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says incoming U.S. president Donald Trump is trying to distract from his threats of stiff tariffs.

Trump has said he will slap 25 per cent tariffs on imports immediately, and Trudeau confirmed that Canada will respond with retaliatory measures as it did in 2018 .

Trudeau made the comments in an interview on CNN late Thursday while in Washington .

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