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January 24, 2025

Expecting trade to ‘normalize,’ U.S. to repeal tariffs on Canadian aluminum

By Isabelle Icso  / September 15, 2020 at 1:41 PM
Following consultations with the Canadian government, the U.S. will refrain from imposing a 10 percent tariff on non-alloyed, unwrought aluminum from Canada, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said on Tuesday. President Trump last month re-imposed tariffs on some aluminum from Canada because of what the U.S. charged were substantial import increases through May that “exceeded the volume of any full calendar year in the previous decade,” according to an Aug. 6 proclamation . But USTR has since found...

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