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Trump eases Canada tariffs ahead of US midterms

DW23 October 2026, 20:49 UTCCanada

The move comes as Trump's Republican Party scrambles to maintain control of the US Congress, with a Republican candidate in a key Senate race saying she had lobbied to lift the tariffs on Canadian products.

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