On Sunday morning, China also announced that it would challenge the US import duties at WTO.
Canada intends to complain to the World Trade Organization (WTO) US PresidentI Donald Trump from import duties.
In addition, Canada intends to apply for a refund from the WTO under a regional free trade agreement.
The Canadian official reports on this, according to AFP news agency.
“The Canadian government clearly considers the duties to be against trade commitments,” the official said at a press conference.
With the trade commissions, the official referred to an agreement between the United States, Mexico and Canada, signed by Trump in 2018.
Trump ordered Canada a 25 % import duties and 10 % import duties for Canada’s energy goods.
In addition, on Sunday, import duties for Mexico and China came into force.
On Sunday morning, China announced that it was challenging the US import duties at WTO.
Sources: AFP, Reuters