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Ottawa weighs lifting alcohol bans, dropping counter-tariffs in interim trade deal with Washington
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Ottawa weighs lifting alcohol bans, dropping counter-tariffs in interim trade deal with Washington
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Ottawa is negotiating an interim trade deal with Washington that would lift provincial bans on American alcohol, drop retaliatory tariffs, and ease procurement and dairy restrictions in exchange for partial relief from U.S. Section 232 levies on steel and aluminum, with talks intensifying ahead of an Aug. 19 deadline for a new round of threatened American tariffs. The federal government frames the package as a path to breaking a months-long imp…
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