House Trade Committee to Study Potential Tariffs Against China

The House of Commons trade committee has agreed to open new hearings to examine potential tariffs against China, weeks after Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said his government would put levies on the country’s exports of electric vehicles (EVs), steel, and aluminum semiconductors. Conservative MP Ryan Williams sponsored the motion at the committee meeting on Aug. 21. “We face a contentious relationship with China,” he said, as first covered by Blacklock’s Reporter. “We have had allegations of foreign interference. We have had unfair trade practices.” Williams told the committee the stakes could “really not be higher” for Canada’s economy, since the U.S. has levied tariffs on China but Canada has not followed suit. “Canadians right now are waiting three months to hear whether we will mirror the tariffs put on those industries,” he said....