More than two months of back-and-forth, false starts and changing plans in the trade war launched by the United States has made it hard to know what’s in or out.
Wednesday is set to be another big day for tariffs as the latest pause in U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan to add a 25 per cent import tax on Canadian goods expires. He has also said he plans to launch “reciprocal” tariffs against a variety of countries he sees as unfairly dealing with the U.S.
Confused yet? Here’s a sector-by-sector look at where things stand, as of Tuesday afternoon.
Metals
The U.S. imposed 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum products on March 12 — a notable step up from the 10 per cent duties that Trump imposed in his first term.
The latest round also has a stricter definition of what might be exempt, requiring that the metals …