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CP NewsAlert: White House says 25 per cent steel tariffs would stack on other levies

  • Kelly Geraldine Malone

  • Canadian Press

  • February 11, 2025

A coil of steel is moved by a crane at the Direct Strip Production Complex at Essar Steel Algoma in Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., Wednesday, March 14, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang

WASHINGTON -- U.S. President Donald Trump's planned 25 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminum imports would be stacked on top of other levies on Canadian goods, leading to a total 50 per cent tariff, says a White House official who confirmed the plan on background.

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