Donald Trump warns to retaliate against Canada
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WASHINGTON: Trade tensions between the United States and Canada ramped up Tuesday after US President Donald Trump threatened to retaliate against the US neighbor for additional restrictions it imposed on US dairy products, hours after Washington rekindled an old trade conflict by slapping new tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber.
“Canada has made business for our dairy farmers in Wisconsin and other border states very difficult. We will not stand for this. Watch!” Trump declared on Twitter.
It was another in the administration’s aggressive shots at close trading partners, and came not long after the US Commerce Department announced it was imposing tariffs of as much as 24 percent on Canadian softwood lumber, which it says is improperly subsidized.
