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US bans nearly $1bn in Canadian imports, further straining ties
The decision targets Canadian alcoholic beverages, dairy products, and motorcycles, adding to tensions in a US Canada trade relationship worth about $880bn annually.
The Guardian Business reports that the United States has moved ahead with a decision to ban nearly $1bn worth of Canadian imports, including alcoholic beverages, dairy products, and motorcycles.
The ban is described as part of an escalation in the broader US trade war and comes as US Canada relations are already tense, with the latest step likely to further worsen the relationship.
While the ban is characterized as small relative to the roughly $880bn in annual two way trade between the two neighbors, it still marks another ratcheting up of Donald Trump’s second term trade approach.