Democratic Midterm Wins No Quick Fix for Canada-U.S. Tariffs, Expert Warns
Experts say Congress can pressure the White House, but Trump would still control tariff policy and could add new levies.
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Democratic midterm wins no quick fix for Canada-U.S. tariffs, expert warns
CALGARY, Alta. — Democratic gains in the U.S. midterm elections are unlikely to bring relief from American tariffs or improve Canada's prospects for a new trade agreement, according to a University of Calgary international trade expert. Ca...
Democratic midterm win unlikely to help Canada
Democrats are predicted to make gains in U.S. midterms, but political scientists say it's not likely to help Canada much in trade talks. It's also not clear how Donald Trump's trade plans might change if Republicans lose seats.
Tariff Relief For Canada Not Guaranteed After Democrats Sweep U.S. Midterm Elections
Political watchers in Atlantic Canada say the Democrats’ sweeping midterm election victory in the United States likely won’t provide immediate relief from tariffs. The trade war with Canada became a ballot-box issue in several races in states along the border and Democrat victories there are seen as a rebuke to the policies of Republican President Donald Trump. In Maine, Democrat Troy Jackson unseated long-standing incumbent Republican senator S…
Canadian conservative leader Pierre Poilievre stated that the results of the mid-term elections in the United States give Canada a great capacity for pressure, because tariffs are unpopular. He planned to take advantage of that support to seek tariff-free trade. The Poilievre entry sees in the US elections a bid to push against tariffs first appears in Merca2.
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