WorldCBCTrump to exempt some Canadian products from tariffs amid midterm pressure
Trump is set to scrap tariffs on some Canadian goods including farm equipment and packaging after Republican senators warned the levies were hurting their own states.
U.S. President Donald Trump is poised to lift tariffs on some Canadian products as Republicans in border states lobby for relief from trade actions that have put them in a shaky political position ahead of November's midterms.
Donald Trump is poised to lift 50 per cent tariffs on select Canadian products after Republican senators lobbied hard for relief ahead of November's midterms.
Products set to be exempted include paper, plastic goods, refrigeration equipment, agricultural machinery and seaweed, which Maine businesses said were essential and irreplaceable.
With polls showing the Canada trade war is deeply unpopular across both parties, the partial backdown signals political pressure is starting to reshape Trump's tariff strategy.
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