Canada-U.S. breakthrough on cheap foreign steel could herald end of tariffs

  OTTAWA -- Canada has finally persuaded the Trump administration it can help protect the United States against a flood of cheap Chinese steel, a development that could lead to the imminent lifting of punitive metal tariffs, sources say. Multiple sources have told The Canadian Press that the U.S. is close to lifting its 25-per-cent and 10-per-cent tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum imports -- a controversial decision imposed almost a year ago as pressure during the hard-fought renegotia