Responding to the Trump administration's recently-applied tariffs on steel and aluminum imports,... Canada says it will coordinate its WTO case with the European Union, which has also filed a challenge.
Canada's Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said Friday that the unilateral tariffs, imposed under a false pretext of safeguarding U.S. national security, are inconsistent with Washington's international trade obligations and WTO rules
The U.S. tariffs of 25 percent on steel imports and ten percent on aluminum were imposed early on Friday on Canada, the EU and Mexico after they refused to accept steel and aluminum quotas in negotiations with the U.S. Commerce Secretary.