OTTAWA — Nearly one in six products captured by U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest tariff spree are goods Canada doesn’t export to the United States, Canadian officials recently told Ottawa’s economic advisory council — something experts say may shed light on the thinking behind Washington’s strategy.
Jean Simard, head of the Aluminium Association of Canada and a member of Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Canada-U.S. advisory council, told the Star on Tuesday that officials conveyed to members that 85 of the 555 targeted products are goods Canada does not sell to the United States.
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