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Canada declines to impose export restrictions, the United States
will announce on Friday the re-imposition of 10% tariffs on
aluminum from the country, the report said.
The tariffs would then be implemented by July 1, the report
added, which is also when a new U.S.-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade
agreement is expected to take effect.
Some industries, including automakers, had been asking for a
delayed implementation of the agreement due to the difficulties
they are facing amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The USMCA replaces the 26-year-old North American Free Trade
Agreement between the three economies.
The office of the United States Trade Representative did not
immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment on aluminum
tariffs outside regular business hours.
Earlier in the day, the U.S. Supreme Court turned away a
challenge to President Donald Trump's tariffs on imported steel
brought by an industry group that had argued that a key part of
the law under which he imposed the duties violates the U.S.
Constitution.
Trump signed a proclamation this year increasing tariffs on
derivative steel products by an additional 25% and on derivative
aluminum products by an additional 10%, from which countries
including Canada and Mexico were exempted.
(Reporting by Maria Ponnezhath in Bengaluru; Editing by
Muralikumar Anantharaman and Himani Sarkar)
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