Canada imposes a 100% tariff on imports of Chinese-made electric vehicles, matching the U.S.

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Canada imposes a 100% tariff on imports of ********-made electric vehicles, matching the U.S.

********* Prime Minister Justin Trudeau speaks during a ****** news conference with U.S. President Joe Biden, in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, March 24, 2023.

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Canada’s government on Monday announced it is imposing a 100% tariff on imports of

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that matches U.S. tariffs and follows similar plans announced by the ********* Commission.

The announcement followed encouragement by U.S. national security advisor Jake Sullivan during a meeting with ********* Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and cabinet ministers on Sunday. Sullivan is set to make his first visit to Beijing on Tuesday.

Trudeau said Canada also will impose a 25% tariff on ******** steel and aluminum.

“Actors like China have chosen to give themselves an unfair advantage in the global marketplace,” he said.

There was no immediate response from China.

******** officials are likely to raise concerns about

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with Sullivan as Beijing continues to repair its economy after the Covid-19 pandemic. U.S. President Joe Biden in May

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on ******** electric vehicles, advanced batteries, solar cells, steel, aluminum and medical equipment.

“The U.S. does believe that a ******* front, a coordinated approach on these issues benefits all of us,” Sullivan told reporters on Sunday.

Biden has said ******** government subsidies for EVs and other consumer goods ensure that ******** companies don’t have to turn a profit, giving them an unfair advantage in global trade.

******** firms can

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. China’s solar cell plants and steel and aluminum mills have enough capacity to meet much of the world’s demand. ******** officials argue their production keeps prices low and would aid a transition to the green economy.

“We’re doing it in alignment, in parallel, with other economies around the world that recognize that this is a challenge that we are all facing,” Trudeau said of the new tariffs. “Unless we all want to get to a race to the bottom, we have to stand up.”

The only ********-made EVs currently imported into Canada are from Tesla, made at the company’s Shanghai factory.

Canada “had to go with the U.S. position, when you think about the economic integration that we have with the U.S. More than 75% of our exports go to the U.S.,” said a former ********* ambassador to China, Guy Saint-Jacques. “This reflects the ***** that the next president of the ******* States might be Donald Trump, and so they know we have to be pretty much aligned in all of this.”

Saint-Jacques said Canada can expect retaliation from China in other industries, adding that barley and pork are candidates because the ******** can get it from other countries.

“China will want to send a message,” he said.

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