Canada, Carney and tariffs
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Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to announce support for the Canadian steel industry, which has been clobbered by U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs, at an event in Hamilton, Ont., later this morning.
Today, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, announced a suite of targeted measures to stand behind Canada’s steel industry, protect Canadian careers, and invest in our homegrown industrial capacity to build Canada strong. Canada’s new government will:
The announcement at a Hamilton steel plant follows a similar press conference in Ottawa last month when Carney announced a first round of trade protections for Canadian steel mills as a response to United States President Donald Trump’s decision to raise tariffs on steel imports to 50 per cent from 25 per cent.
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Carney heads to Hamilton to meet steelworkers as U.S. trade talks continuePrime Minister Mark Carney is scheduled to be in Hamilton today to make an announcement related to the steel industry.
Part of Carney’s success can be attributed to Donald Trump’s victory in the U.S. last year. After Trump talked of imposing high tariffs on Canada, and mused about making the country a 51st U.S. state,
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Wednesday said that Canada will introduce a tariff rate quota for countries with which it has free trade agreements, excluding the United States, to protect the domestic steel industry.