Ottawa says Ontario’s call to drop retaliatory tariffs would mean ‘surrender’

TORONTO — Ottawa is dismissing a call from Ontario’s economic development minister to drop retaliatory tariffs against the United States, saying doing so would mean “unilateral surrender” to the Americans. The federal government applied tariffs on $16.6-billion worth of American imports of steel, aluminum and other products after the U.S. imposed steel and aluminum levies last year. […]