With their vast electoral wins scarcely in the rearview, Congressional Democrats are gearing up for battle against President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canada—and Prime Minister Mark Carney is welcoming the development.
Ranking Member on the Senate Finance Committee Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) is leading the charge against the recently implemented 50 percent duties on over $20 billion in Canadian imports, which the president levied under Section 338 of the Trade Act of 1930.
The lawmaker said he was “already talking” with Senate colleagues about drafting legislation to remove the tariffs once he takes control of the committee in January, indicating “overwhelming support for repealing the tariffs on products from Canada” across the Democratic party, a report from the Wall Street Journal said.
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