Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the federal government to slap tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, steel, aluminum, critical minerals and other products, backing calls from industry for Canada to act in alignment with its allies.
China, through massive subsidies and exploiting weak environmental and labour standards, are producing “artificially cheap steel, aluminum and EVs,” Poilievre said.
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Poilievre is calling for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to effectively match the tariff package proposed by this country’s largest trading partner, the United States. Under his proposal, Canada would introduce:
* A 100 per cent tariff on made-in China EVs;
* A 50 per cent tariff on semiconductors and solar cells;
* A 25 per cent tariff on steel and aluminum products as well as other critical minerals and EV batteries; and
* Block any rebates for Chinese EVs.
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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is calling on the federal government to slap tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles, steel, aluminum, critical minerals and other products, backing calls from industry for Canada to act in alignment with its allies.
China, through massive subsidies and exploiting weak environmental and labour standards, are producing “artificially cheap steel, aluminum and EVs,” Poilievre said.
[…]
Poilievre is calling for Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to effectively match the tariff package proposed by this country’s largest trading partner, the United States. Under his proposal, Canada would introduce:
* A 100 per cent tariff on made-in China EVs;
* A 50 per cent tariff on semiconductors and solar cells;
* A 25 per cent tariff on steel and aluminum products as well as other critical minerals and EV batteries; and
* Block any rebates for Chinese EVs.
Further readings:
[Steel, Aluminum Makers Push Trudeau Government on China Tariffs – Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-08-08/steel-aluminum-makers-push-trudeau-government-on-china-tariffs)
[Canada to Curb China EV Imports as Justin Trudeau Responds to Biden Move – Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-06-24/canada-to-curb-china-ev-imports-as-justin-trudeau-responds-to-biden-move)
!ping Can
If you’re going to copy our idiotic trade policies can we at least get a cool EU like deal Canadians?
Betrayal!