Canada will retaliate within days against American aluminum tariffs, with plans to announce a series of counter-tariffs early next week. The government had said during the summer that unless the U.S. dropped its latest round of aluminum tariffs, Canada would impose $3.6 billion in countermeasures by then. The government has said it will keep those targets limited to aluminum products, in order to respect a 2019 agreement with the U.S. Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland says Canada will impose dollar-for-dollar tariffs on U.S. metals products after U.S. President Donald Trump announced new tariffs on some Canadian aluminum products yesterday. agreement..." –@ChuckGrassley pic.twitter.com/vdClgyl9yZ —@GrassleyPressThat led to the 2019 agreement — which ended across-the-board U.S. tariffs on a wide range of steel and aluminum products.

Source: CBC News September 12, 2020 07:52 UTC