OTTAWA — The Carney government says it does not view U.S. President Donald Trump‘s latest moves in the tariff dispute — which included for the first time an outright import ban on certain Canadian products — as a dramatic escalation that warrants an immediate response in kind by Canada.
A senior Canadian government official, speaking Wednesday on a background-only basis, said the federal government continues to analyze the impact of the series of measures announced Tuesday evening by the White House, but at first blush “it’s not as bad as we thought it would be.”
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