Trump expects the trade war with Canada to end “pretty soon”, but experts see little relief

“We'll have that settled pretty soon. They're willing to give us anything at this moment.”

— Donald Trump, U.S. president, at a Michigan rally

Washington will lift 50-per-cent tariffs on 22 categories of goods and add 100 new ones, roughly equal in value: about $2.5 billion exempted, $2.6 billion targeted.

The relief followed a request from Republican Senator Susan Collins of Maine. Experts say the new tariffs, on goods such as hardwood flooring, still target Canadian manufacturing.

And us?

A plastics maker in Orillia, Ontario, announced 118 layoffs as it shifts production to Ohio, and a consultant says tariff relief will not change that.