U.S. and Canada fall deeper into a trade war with new tariffs as talks collapse and blame is spread
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President Donald Trump’s import taxes will hit about 5% of what Canada ships to the United States every year, including products ranging from hockey sticks to tongue depressors.
    • BigDiction@lemmy.world
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      6 days ago

      After the Supreme Court struck down much of Trump’s earlier tariff program in February, the administration turned to other legal authorities. For Canada, Trump invoked Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, a rarely used Depression-era provision allowing tariffs of up to 50% against countries deemed to discriminate against U.S. businesses.

      The administration has a full time team of lawyers grepping every corner of the Federal code to justify anything they do with obscure law and bullshit arguments.

      • Taldan@lemmy.world
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        6 days ago

        If there’s one good thing to come from Trump, it’s that he’s shown the president has the ability to do nearly anything they want

        I won’t accept any excuses from future presidents