Trump's latest trade war escalation: Import bans on Canadian products
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Trump's latest trade war escalation: Import bans on Canadian products

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 28, 202657 min
  • Politics
  • About Canada

U.S. President Donald Trump's ban on several Canadian products kicks in Tuesday at 12:01 am ET — the latest escalation in the trade war. Power & Politics hears from an impacted business and international trade lawyer William Pellerin. Plus, the latest polling has Prime Minister Mark Carney's approval rating at an all-time high. Pollsters David Coletto and Éric Grenier dig into the numbers and the Power Panel weighs in.

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A U.S. import ban on Canadian goods is set to take effect. A Hamilton Steel plant is set to lay off hundreds of workers. And the Prime Minister's approval ratings reaches new high. It's Monday, September 28th.

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I'm David Cochran. The Power and Politics Podcast starts now. We begin today on that looming U.S. import ban as of 1201 a.m. One of the big ticket items on that list, alcohol. Specifically, beer.

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More Canadian beer is exported to the United States than anywhere else. With New Brunswick's Moosehead exporting 15% of its beer to the U.S. Andrew Olend is president and CEO of Moosehead Breweries and he joins me now. Andrew Olend, it's good to meet you sir, thank you for taking some time today.

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