00:00Eighty years ago this week, the Allies began a pincer movement against German forces between
00:07the Ruhr and the Rhine. British and Canadian troops attacked from the north, Americans
00:12from the south. British, Canadian and American soldiers fighting shoulder to shoulder to
00:19defeat fascists. Eighty years on, President Trump seems to have forgotten all this. His
00:26tariffs against steel and aluminium will hit Canada the hardest, and will also hit
00:32jobs and the cost of living in our country. So in reminding President Trump who America's
00:39true and long-standing friends and allies really are, will the Prime Minister also prepare
00:46a plan for tariffs in return, starting with tariffs on American electric cars?
00:54The Prime Minister is right to reference our history, the 80-year anniversary. Of course,
01:03we were fighting alongside the Americans, and that is among the reasons we have a special
01:07relationship. British steel is an essential part of our heartlands, and we will not abandon
01:15our skilled workforce. It needs a level-headed assessment of the implications, which is what
01:21we are going through at the moment, but we will always put our national interests first
01:25and steelworkers first.
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