Trump’s Trade Chief Lashes Out After Canada Broadens WTO Fight
- U.S. calls Trudeau team’s latest move an ‘ill-advised attack’
- Complaint cites duties against China, Germany and others
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Canada is escalating its trade fight with Donald Trump, mounting what the U.S. calls a “broad and ill-advised attack” just as Nafta talks are set to resume.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s government launched a wide-ranging World Trade Organization dispute with the U.S. over how it applies countervailing and anti-dumping duties. The paperwork was filed Dec. 20, days after a mini-round of North American Free Trade Agreement talks ended in Washington, and made public Wednesday.