Canada denies lifting tariffs on US goods, says majority still in Place

WORLD, May 18 (YPِA)- Canada on Sunday denied lifting the tariffs imposed by the government on the United States.

The  country’s finance minister said the government kept 25 per cent retaliatory tariffs on tens of billions of dollars in US goods, disputing a report from a research firm that suggested it had paused the vast majority of those levies.

Francois-Philippe Champagne said 70 per cent of the counter-tariffs implemented by Canada in March were still in place, according to a social media post on Saturday.

Champagne clarified that Canada has maintained significant tariffs on US imports, including a 25% duty on a broad range of goods.

The government “temporarily and publicly paused tariffs” on some items for health and public safety reasons, he said.

That 70 per cent figure implies that Canada continues to charge tariffs on about C$42 billion (US$30 billion) of US exports to Canada, excluding cars.

@E.Y.M