Trump’s ‘Tariff Thrashing’ Spurs Crisis Response From Canada

  • Bank CEOs speak with policymakers as trade battle begins
  • People circulate ‘Buy Canada’ lists; hockey fans boo US anthem

Tractor trailers exit Canadian customs after driving across the Ambassador Bridge on the Canada-US border.

Photographer: Brett Gundlock/Bloomberg
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Canadian government officials and business leaders mounted a crisis response that drew parallels with the Covid pandemic after President Donald Trump signed an order to put 25% tariffs on almost everything the US buys from Canada.