Will the US-Canada tariff war irrevocably damage bilateral ties?
The shift in public sentiment will outlast governments and trade deals
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FOR most of the post-war era, the world’s longest undefended border also marked its most integrated economic relationship. That era is now, by most honest accounts, over – or at least on indefinite pause.
Last Saturday (Aug 22), after three days of talks in Washington collapsed, the US imposed 50 per cent tariffs on roughly US$20 billion of Canadian goods.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney answered with a promise to match the penalties “dollar for dollar”, and on Tuesday announced retaliatory tariffs on about US$20 billion of US imports, effective Sep 8.
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