The U.S.-Canada Trade War Nobody Asked For

At 12:01 a.m. on Sept. 8, Canada matched President Trump’s tariffs “dollar for dollar” by imposing 15-50% duties on more than 700 American-made products, including steel, cement, dairy, and electronics. This mirrors the 50% tariff that the U.S. slapped on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods on Aug. 22. And in response? Trump announced overnight a ban on the import of various Canadian alcohol products, some dairy, and motorcycles, effective Sept. 29.
Trump’s move invokes the rarely used Section 338 of the 1930 Tariff Act, and the same order now threatens to ban Canadian products from federal…
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