President Donald Trump’s North American trade deal received good news Friday when the U.S. and Canada agreed to end their tariff battle that began in the summer of 2018.
“Now that we’ve had a full lift on these tariffs, we are going to work with the United States on timing ratification” of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Friday afternoon.
“We’re very optimistic we’re going to be able to move forward well in the coming weeks,” Trudeau added. He was speaking to reporters during a press conference at a Stelco steel mill in Hamilton, Ontario.
The two countries will eliminate the tariffs on steel, aluminum and other products within 48 hours, the U.S. and Canadian governments said in a joint statement.
Canada enacted tariffs on $12.5 billion in U.S. exports including steel, aluminum and other products on July 1 as a response to U.S. tariffs on foreign steel and aluminum that were enacted on June 1st.
Canada’s tariffs included a 25 percent penalty on more than 40 U.S. steel products and 10 percent penalties on U.S. goods including maple syrup, coffee beans and strawberry jam, reported CNN.
Trudeau and Trump had discussed the steel tariffs earlier Friday, Trudeau’s office said according to CBC. In addition, Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland met with U.S. officials and members of Congress in Washington, D.C., earlier this week.
Although the price of steel spiked after Trump announced the tariffs, prices fell to pre-tariff levels in January.
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