The Trump administration moved on Tuesday to drop tariffs, reimposed just last month, on Canadian aluminum, a swift reversal of a policy that had drawn widespread criticism from U.S. businesses and had dented U.S.-Canada relations. The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said it held consultations with the Canadian government, and now expects that imports of the type of aluminum subject to the 10% tariffs is likely to decline in coming months after surging earlier in the year. As long as aluminum imports decline as expected,...

Source: Wall Street Journal September 15, 2020 18:37 UTC