'We will not budge': Ford says 1-month delay on auto tariffs not good enough

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'We will not budge': Ford says 1-month delay on auto tariffs not good enough

Auto giants previously said work at Ontario plants could grind to a halt within days of tariff launch

Naama Weingarten · CBC · Posted: Mar 05, 2025 3:30 PM EST | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says the U.S. announcing a one-month pause on tariffs for the auto industry is no breath of fresh air here at home.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt announced the month-long exemption Wednesday, saying the change came after the leaders of America's "Big 3" carmakers, Ford, General Motors and Stellantis, called Trump and asked for tariff relief.

She said reciprocal tariffs from the U.S. are still planned to go into effect on April 2, with Ford voicing worries the pause will give Americans more time to gain an advantage in the trade war.

"That always concerns me when someone says, yeah, give us 30 days as we ramp up to start moving south of the border," Ford told reporters at Queens Park Wednesday.

"That's unacceptable. We need certainty."

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