Author: tmaccharles@thestar.ca Tonda MacCharles

U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariff war with Canada is escalating with new measures from the U.S. and retaliatory responses from Canada. Here’s a look at what tariffs are currently in place, what is being threatened, and how Canada has retaliated so far: 

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OTTAWA — The U.S.-led global trade war ramped up Tuesday as President Donald Trump signed an executive order to double tariffs on steel and aluminum to 50 per cent, effective after midnight, a blow Canadian steel producers say will devastate their industry.It’s the latest salvo in a war Canadian metals producers say Ottawa is losing.

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OTTAWA—Justice Minister Sean Fraser says the federal duty to consult and engage Indigenous people on major nation-building projects does not amount to granting those communities a veto.After the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) warned Prime Minister Mark Carney he must secure Indigenous Peoples’ consent to his plans to expedite massive infrastructure projects, citing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous People, Fraser said the legal duty under that declaration is viewed by international experts and the current government as limited.

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