US’ aluminum tariffs on Canada effective on Aug 16
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Update time : 2020-08-18 16:32:48
The US President Trump announced on August 6 to re-impose 10% tariffs on Canadian aluminum imports, alleging that Canadian aluminum products flooded the US market. The re-imposition took into force last Sunday (August 16).
However, Canadian Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland denied that the Canadian aluminum industry threatened US national security. Therefore, she announced on August 7 to take a countermeasure to impose retaliatory tariffs of 3.6 billion Canadian dollars on US aluminum products, which will effective on September 16.
