Rep. Riley Moore, R-W.V., discusses the U.S.- Canada trade talks and how they are set to resume this week on ‘The Bottom Line.’
President Donald Trump’s 25% tariff increase on all steel and aluminum imports officially took effect on Wednesday, the latest move in the administration’s plans to reshape global trade norms in favor of U.S. manufacturing.
Trump’s action to bulk up protections for American steel and aluminum producers restores effective global tariffs of 25% on all imports of the metals and extends the duties to hundreds of downstream products made from the metals, from nuts and bolts to bulldozer blades and soda cans.
President Donald Trump on Tuesday called Canada “one of the highest-tariffing nations anywhere in the world.” (Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images / Getty Images)
The run-up to the tariff deadline came with some drama on Tuesday as Trump threatened Canada with doubling the duty to 50% on its steel and aluminum exports to the U.S.
He backed off those plans after Ontario Premier Doug Ford agreed to suspend his province’s decision to impose a 25% surcharge on electricity exports to the states of Minnesota, Michigan and New York until earlier U.S. tariffs were removed.
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Reuters contributed to this report.
