Governor Gretchen Whitmer said she gave U.S. President Donald Trump that message when they met. In a speech Wednesday at an Empire Club event in Toronto, Whitmer said the U.S. tariffs on Canada and Mexico risk handing China an automotive industry advantage on a “silver platter.” (The Logic)

Talking point: Whitmer, a Democrat, said she thinks the insulting tone Trump has used with Canada is unjustified and unproductive, and that the current United States-Mexico-Canada trade agreement should remain in place. Michigan, home to companies like Ford and General Motors, has seen local auto suppliers delay their expansion plans as a result of the tariffs, while autoworkers in the state are being laid off, or seeing their bonuses shrink, Whitmer said. China’s growing electric vehicle industry is already cutting into auto companies’ market shares in Europe, Whitmer added, warning that North America could be next if it doesn’t protect its supply chain from Chinese imports.