The deal is coming into force under a familiar cloud: U.S. threats of new 10 per cent tariffs on Canadian exports of aluminum
, which U.S. trade ambassador Robert Lighthizer says have spiked past acceptable levels in recent months, a claim officials in Ottawa strenuously dispute.
“The United States needs Canadian aluminum. They do not produce enough — nowhere near enough — aluminum in the States to be able to fill their domestic manufacturing needs,” Trudeau said.“If they put tariffs on Canadian aluminum, they’re simply increasing the costs of necessary inputs to their manufacturing base, which will hurt the American economy.
“Obviously, there is an election in November and we will follow the result,” Legault said Tuesday. “But it’s certain it’s hurting us. And I asked the federal government to be very tough with the Americans in order to avoid this tariff on aluminum.”
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