Canada to Hit Chinese Steel and Aluminum With Tariffs on Oct. 22
Bundles of steel tubes at a trading market in the outskirts of Shanghai.
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Canada published a list of dozens of Chinese steel and aluminum products on which it will place a 25% tariff, starting in three weeks.
The tariffs, which were announced in August alongside a 100% levy on Chinese-made electric vehicles, bring Canada’s trade policy closer to that of its closest allies — and aims to shelter domestic producers from lower-cost products made in Asia’s largest economy.