Ontario Premier Doug Ford is urging Ottawa to maintain its 100 percent tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles (EVs), saying the automotive industry, already impacted by U.S. tariffs, needs protection from what he calls China’s “pervasive” non-market practices.
Ford sent a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney on Sept. 17, saying the tariffs on Chinese EVs have been “critical” to protecting hundreds of thousands of jobs linked to the industry by countering the regime-backed “unfair advantages” of Chinese producers.
Ford’s comments come after federal Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald said last week that lifting the EV tariffs is “certainly something that we’re looking at,” as prominent voices like Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe have suggested the measure as a way to ease trade tensions with Beijing….