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Freeland: Canada to impose surtaxes on steel, aluminum

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Canada announces retaliatory tariffs

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Canada will retaliate against new U.S. tariffs by imposing its own trade barriers on U.S. steel, aluminum and other products, Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said Thursday. Freeland said Canada plans to slap dollar-for-dollar tariffs on the U.S. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that the tariffs, announced Thursday by Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, are an affront to the security partnership between the U.S. and Canada. Trudeau warned that the import taxes — of 25 percent on steel imports and 10 percent on aluminum imports — will harm both countries' economies. The trump administration is also ... (full story)

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