08-03-2018 01:33 via vancouversun.com

Tensions over White House tariffs on aluminum and steel sweep into B.C.'s Kitimat

A day before the White House is expected to sign in sweeping tariffs, the uncertainty straining the US’s trading relationship with Canada, as well as China and Russia, also swirled into the northwest B.C. municipality of Kitimat.
US President Donald Trump’s threats of imposing tariffs of 25 per cent on steel imports and 10 per cent on aluminum are worrying in a small town where the past and future are intimately tied to aluminum.
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