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Canada Threatens to Retaliate Against U.S. Over EV Tax Credit

  • Passing bill as is would trigger trade challenge, letter says
  • List of targeted U.S. goods could be published in coming days
Justin Trudeau, Canada's prime minister, stands in front of a Ford Mach-5 electric vehicle during a news conference in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada in 2020. 

Justin Trudeau, Canada's prime minister, stands in front of a Ford Mach-5 electric vehicle during a news conference in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada in 2020. 

Photographer: David Kawai/Bloomberg

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Canada is threatening to retaliate with targeted tariffs on U.S. goods if tax incentives for electric vehicles produced by unionized American workers aren’t removed from the Biden administration’s Build Back Better Act.