‘This is going to create border chaos’: MPs react to Trump tariffs, Trudeau response

Members of the all-party steel caucus are convening on Monday in the hopes of co-ordinating with the government on the next steps to take, said Liberal MP Bob Bratina.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland convened reporters on Thursday to announce that the government would impose $16.6-billion in tariffs in response to the U.S. penalties on Canadian steel and aluminium. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY BEATRICE PAEZ

June 1, 2018

The Trudeau government made the right call in retaliating with countermeasures to Washington’s move to enact tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum, while also giving the issue some breathing room to allow for a...

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