https://www.bnn.ca/canada-mexico-getting-indefinite-relief-from-trump-tariffs-1.1021150
WASHINGTON -- Canada can breathe easier, for now: It's getting relief from U.S. tariffs for an undetermined period.
U.S. President Donald Trump is signing proclamations hammering global steel and aluminum imports with tariffs of 25 and 10 per cent. They go into effect in 15 days.
Trump is signing the documents at the White House, surrounded by steelworkers.
Only two countries are getting relief: Canada and Mexico.
Speaking in a briefing, a senior administration official says there's no end date set on the exclusions.
The official, speaking on condition of anonymity in order to discuss matters in advance of them being made public, would not speak to the issue of whether the threat of tariffs would be used to bully Canada and Mexico at the NAFTA bargaining table, saying only that NAFTA is important to economic and national security.
The tariffs are being cast as a national security matter.