Foreign Minister Joly Says Fertilizer, Energy Could Be Bargaining Chips Against US Tariffs

Foreign Minister Joly Says Fertilizer, Energy Could Be Bargaining Chips Against US Tariffs
Minister of Foreign Affairs Melanie Joly discusses Canada-United States relations during a luncheon with the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal in Montreal on Feb. 4, 2025. The Canadian Press/Christinne Muschi
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Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said Ottawa is prepared to use Canadian exports of energy, fertilizer, and uranium as bargaining chips in negotiations with the United States over tariffs, but that it wants the premiers and Canadians to be on board.

“We haven’t put that on the table yet. We kept that ... in our cards, as cards that we could potentially play if this would escalate, and the U.S. knows that,” Joly said during a discussion on Canada-U.S. relations at the Toronto Region Board of Trade.