#美加关税战升级 According to a report by Bloomberg, Canada on Tuesday imposed new tariffs ranging from 15% to 50% on hundreds of U.S. products. Prime Minister Trudeau is betting that President Donald Trump will take a hard line, ultimately strengthening Ottawa’s negotiating leverage with its largest trading partner. The Trudeau government raised import duties on many U.S. steel products from 25% to 50%, and, starting at 12:01 a.m. New York time, added tariffs to a range of consumer goods including motorcycles, cosmetics, and cheese. The move is expected to hit U.S. exporters hardest in states such as Michigan and Ohio, which have close trade ties with Canada and whose election prospects were tight in the midterms in November.
For Trudeau, it is a calculated gamble—one year earlier, he had cancelled many of the retaliatory tariffs implemented by former Prime Minister Trudeau. Officials in the Trump administration have repeatedly said they will not tolerate retaliation, noting that only Canada and China have used retaliatory tariffs, while refusing to say how or when Trump would respond. Brian Clow, a former senior Canadian adviser responsible for relations with the U.S. during the Trudeau era, said the retaliatory tariffs are intended to make U.S. businesses and consumers feel the real cost of the trade war, thereby giving Washington motivation to return to the negotiating table. He added that Canada is not looking for a trade war; it wants to end it $BNB