Don’t expect aluminum tariffs to be removed before U.S. election, say analysts

'Canada does have to retaliate against U.S. products, just as a matter of principle, however retaliation is not going to move the needle on this,' says U.S. trade lawyer Daniel Ujczo.
Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland, pictured with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Aug. 22, 2019, announced that Canada will have a 'dollar-for-dollar' response to the reimposition of national security tariffs on Canadian aluminum exports.
Without the ability to impose broad-based, politically focused retaliatory tariffs on U.S. exports, it is likely that tariffs on Canadian aluminum will continue at least until after the U.S. election, as the Canadian economy is being pulled into the American election cycle, according to stakeholders...

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