WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he will double the tariff on steel and aluminum imports coming from Canada in response to Ontario’s surcharge on electricity exports to the United States.
Trump said 50 per cent tariffs will be placed on Canadian steel and aluminum on Wednesday. In a post on social media, he called Canada “ONE OF THE HIGHEST TARIFFING NATIONS ANYWHERE IN THE WORLD.”
Trump also called on Canada to immediately drop duties on dairy and other “long time tariffs” and threatened to “essentially, permanently shut down the automobile manufacturing business in Canada” with tariffs in April.
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