US-Canada Tariff War Escalates After Collapse of Talks
trade_policyNorth AmericaBloomberg24 Aug, 14:22 UTC
Context
Brian Gardner, chief Washington policy strategist at Stifel, discusses the collapse in trade negotiations between the US and Canada. The US implemented a new 50% tax on imports of hundreds of Canadian items including furniture, plastics, plywood and electrical equipment on Saturday. He speaks on Bloomberg Television. (Source: Bloomberg)
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