U.S. auto tariffs may be less severe than initially thought, says Doug Ford [Video]

Ontario Premier Doug Ford says U.S. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has told him that impending auto tariffs may not apply to some finished vehicles entering the United States from Canada.

On Wednesday, U.S. President Donald Trump said he’d signed an executive order to slap a 25 per cent import tariff on vehicles not made in the U.S. after April 2. He vowed to follow that with a 25 per cent tariff on some auto parts made outside the U.S. in May, potentially leading to an eventual tariff on all auto parts.

But Ford told reporters Thursday that …