6 US governors to open talks with Canadian provincial leaders on tariffs

The governors of six northeastern U.S. states person invited the premiers of six Canadian provinces to conscionable successful Boston arsenic some sides look the impacts of tariffs.

President Donald Trump's argumentation of imposing tariffs connected products imported from America's bluish neighbour and different nations has sparked contention some successful the U.S. and abroad.

The radical of governors includes five Democrats — Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey, Maine Gov. Janet Mills, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont, and Rhode Island Gov. Daniel McKee — and 1 Republican — Vermont Gov. Phil Scott.

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Left: U.S. President Donald Trump walks towards Marine One connected the South Lawn connected May 1, 2025, successful Washington, D.C.; Right: A wide presumption of the Canadian Flag connected March 14, 2023, astatine the Prudential Center successful Newark, N.J.  (Left: Andrew Harnik/Getty Images; Right: Rich Graessle/NHLI via Getty Images)

The governors are inviting the premiers of the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island and Québec, Healey and Mills press releases indicate.

"While the planetary uproar implicit tariffs threatens to upend the economies of our respective communities, we constitute to reaffirm our relationship and unsocial interdependence. Ours is simply a cherished narration that is founded not lone connected communal fiscal advantages but besides connected centuries-old familial and taste bonds that supersede politics,"  the U.S. politicians said successful their invitation.

"As Governors of the Northeast, we privation to support unfastened lines of connection and practice and place avenues to flooded the hardship of these uninvited tariffs and assistance our economies endure. As we proceed to navigate this play of large uncertainty, we are committed to preserving transverse borderline travel, encouraging tourism successful our respective jurisdictions, and promoting each other's advantages and amenities," they noted.

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Trump, who has repeatedly indicated that helium would similar Canada to go America's 51st state, is gathering with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney connected Tuesday.

"Meet the Press" moderator Kristen Welker asked Trump if helium would talk to Carney astir making the state the 51st state. 

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"I'll ever speech astir that. You cognize why? We subsidize Canada to the tune of $200 cardinal dollars a year. We don't request their cars, successful information we don't privation their cars. We don't request their energy, we don't adjacent privation their energy, we person much than they do. We don't privation their lumber, we person large lumber, each I person to bash is escaped it up from the biology lunatics. We don't request thing that they have," Trump declared.

Mills said that the economical and taste relationships betwixt the U.S. and Canada person been "strained by the president’s haphazard tariffs and harmful rhetoric targeting our bluish neighbors," according to the property releases.