Aluminum, steel tariffs the latest in ‘laundry list’ of Canada-U.S. trade tussles

Softwood lumber, dairy, supercalendered paper, and wine are just some of the other products being fought over.

U.S. President Donald Trump, left, has added fuel to the already-smouldering fire of Canada-U.S. trade tensions by suggesting a tariff on steel and aluminum imports, prompting Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to threaten Canadian retaliation. Photograph courtesy of Gage Skidmore, The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY SHRUTI SHEKAR

March 7, 2018

While Canadian, Mexican, and American negotiators were in Mexico City in the seventh round of discussion to bring down trade barriers through a revised North American Free Trade Agreement on March 1, United States President Donald Trump was seeking to erect another roadblock, adding to the "laundry...

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