With U.S. President Donald Trump reimposing aluminum tariffs on Canadian imports and his trade adviser Peter Navarro's recent disparaging remarks about Canada's military, Kirsten Hillman was asked if she's afraid the relationship is in trouble. It's based on all of these thousands of interactions that happen every day through all aspects of our society." Early last month, the U.S. reimposed a 10 per cent tariff on Canadian aluminum imports. The United States slapped import tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum in 2018 before removing them last year as part of a broad free trade deal now in force. Trump's trade adviser Peter Navarro was quoted in a recent book by CNN correspondent Jim Sciutto questioning Canada's decision to send soldiers to Afghanistan.

Source: CBC News September 12, 2020 00:37 UTC