ottawa canada would respond appropriately to proposed us electric vehicle tax credits for americanbuilt vehicles which it says would harm workers on both sides of the border innovation and industry minister francoisphilippe champagne said on thursday champagne who previously served as foreign minister for prime minister justin trudeau met with us commerce secretary gina raimondo white house science advisor eric lander and michigan senator gary peters in washington this week they understand that legislation like that would generate a response on the canadian side champagne told reuters in a telephone interview from washington we have always responded appropriately to these types of legislation advt the house of representatives could vote as early as friday on a social spending and climate bill that includes a 4500 incentive for unionmade vehicles and 500 for usmade batteries vehicles would have to be made in the united states starting in 2027 to qualify for any of the 12500 credit champagne said the tariffs would run against the rules of the north american trade agreement the usmca and world trade organization they would be really contrary to the spirit of what we have been trying to achieve with our american colleagues which is a joint effort to pivot toward greener technologies to fight climate change champagne said my message to us officials is that a decision like that would impact jobs on both sides of the border and at a time where we need to work closely together with respect to critical minerals with respect to the battery ecosystem champagne said the response has been an understanding of the impact that the proposed legislation could have he added canadas automotive parts manufacturers association has said that the credits would hurt canadian parts makers that employ some 43000 american workers in 18 states canadas industrial heartland of ontario is geographically close to us automakers in michigan and ohio and general motors co ford motor co and stellantis nv have all announced plans to make electric vehicles evs at factories in the province advt the three us manufacturers make some 1 million vehicles in canada for american consumers containing 50 us parts and 60 us raw materials canadas foreign minister melanie joly spoke on wednesday with us secretary of state antony blinken about the tax credits as close partners with deeply integrated supply chains particularly in the automotive sector canada and the united states must work together to find a mutually beneficial solution she said in a statement about their discussion when former us president donald trump imposed tariffs on canadian goods including aluminum canada retaliated with its own duties the proposed tax credits have faced opposition from nonus automakers and governments canada is rich in key materials for ev battery production including lithium graphite cobalt and nickel and is trying to woo battery makers including germanys basf se to safeguard the future of its manufacturing in ontario as the world seeks to cut emissions champagne who is flying to mexico