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Breaking News: US drops Canada aluminum tariffs

· Tuesday, September 15, 2020

The United States is dropping its 10% tariffs on certain Canadian aluminum imports, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative announced on Tuesday.

The move came on the same day that Canada planned to announce a slate of countermeasures in response to the tariffs. President Donald Trump reimposed tariffs on Canadian aluminum on Aug. 6.

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Nate Tabak is a Toronto-based journalist and producer who covers cybersecurity and cross-border trucking and logistics for FreightWaves. He spent seven years reporting stories in the Balkans and Eastern Europe as a reporter, producer and editor based in Kosovo. He previously worked at newspapers in the San Francisco Bay Area, including the San Jose Mercury News. He graduated from UC Berkeley, where he studied the history of American policing. Contact Nate at ntabak@freightwaves.com.