Canada suspends US trade talks as Trump imposes 50% tariffs, with Ottawa vowing dollar-for-dollar retaliation.
Canada has suspended trade talks with the US after negotiations collapsed, with Trump imposing 50% tariffs on about $20bn of Canadian goods and Ottawa vowing dollar-for-dollar retaliation. Al Jazeera’s Urooba Jamal explains how a trade war could drive up prices and put jobs at risk.
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