Saskatchewan Prime Minister Scott Moe said that relations with the United States has been “a little more intense” when he continues to push against the threat of prices.
“This can remain a little more intense for a period in the future, but we are committed to operating the relationship despite the current rhetoric,” said Moe to journalists on Thursday in Washington, DC, outside the White House.
The MOE was in the American capital this week with American legislators on the misdeeds of the prices offered by President Donald Trump, who plans to impose measures on Canadian products next week.
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Moe said that the maintenance of free trade between Canada and the United States would allow the two savings to remain strong.
He added that it is normal to have disagreements, but said that the situation as a whole was more important.
“I do not always get along with my family, I do not always get along in our political party or even in our nation, and therefore there are times when you are going to have discussions like this,” he said.
“It is important to all of us as North Americans to keep an eye on the long game, to return to this North American secure economy that we have had for a very long time.”
He said that American consumers and farmers will see increased costs if the prices were applied to oil and gas and agricultural products.
He said that 90% of the potash used by farmers in the American Midwest comes from Saskatchewan.
“The gas will explode at the pumps almost immediately and therefore the American families will pay more with these prices. Finally, I think that if (prices) are underway for a sustained period, all the North Americans will pay more, “he said.
“This will constitute a less competitive North American market, which does not take advantage of us who live here. He benefits other countries and other areas of the world. »»
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