Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has vowed that Canada will respond with forceful countermeasures if the United States imposes tariffs. However, from Trump’s perspective on tariffs, this seems to be a case of ‘same old, same old’. The United States imports more goods than it exports, and the trade deficit has been a persistent concern of Trump’s, making tariffs his favorite ‘silver bullet’. But Trudeau’s tough stance on the countermeasure seems to be just the prelude to this trade war.