Steel tariffs may lift when USMCA signed, new Mexican foreign minister says

October 23, 2018

The U.S. is expected to lift its steel and aluminum tariffs when a new North American trade deal is signed, Mexico's incoming foreign minister said Monday.

Marcelo Ebrard spoke to reporters following talks today with Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland in Ottawa. Seven secretaries-designates from incoming Mexican president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's government were meeting with their Canadian counterparts.

Freeland confirmed the pair discussed the tariffs. She said she'd "love them to be lifted today" but did not directly answer a question put to both ministers about when they expect the Americans to drop their 25 per cent levy on steel and 10 per cent levy on aluminum products...

This was excerpted from the 22 October 2018 edition of CBC News.


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