Economics
Trump’s Push to Enact New Nafta Could Stall on Metals Tariffs
- U.S. lawmakers want steel, aluminum levies ended for partners
- Canada and Mexico have both threatened to delay ratification
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Donald Trump might have to drop tariffs on steel and aluminum if he wants his new North American trade deal to see the light of day.
U.S. lawmakers and business groups are joining Canada and Mexico in pushing the president to lift the so-called Section 232 levies on those nations as, essentially, a condition of enacting the trade deal Trump signed at the end of November. The tariffs took effect earlier last year and were immediately met with retaliatory measures.