随着贸易战升级,加拿大以关税回击美国

这些措施是在特朗普总统对许多加拿大商品征收50%关税并在周五贸易谈判破裂后威胁采取更多措施之后出台的。

来源:NPR _经济

Tractor trailers cross the Peace Bridge at the Canada-United States border in Fort Erie, Ontario, Canada, on Aug. 20.Cole Burston/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption

随着两国进一步陷入贸易战,加拿大周二宣布对数百种美国商品征收报复性关税。

Canadian Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne said the countermeasures will match U.S. tariffs "dollar for dollar, rate for rate," with tariffs of 15%, 25% and 50% on a range of exports from the U.S., effective Sept. 8.

He said the countertariffs will focus on steel, dairy, appliances, agricultural equipment, pulp and paper, and electronics, totaling nearly $20 billion worth of annual imports from the United States. (财政部在此公布了产品清单。)

"Canada's countertariffs are designed primarily to provide protection for Canadian industry impacted by U.S. tariffs and allow them to compete against U.S. products in the Canadian market," Champagne said. “这都是为了公平。这都是为了公平竞争环境。这都是为了支持加拿大工人和加拿大企业。”

The move comes after President Trump imposed 50% tariffs on some Canadian goods and threatened more after trade talks broke down on Friday.专家估计,关税将影响加拿大对美国5%的出口。

"When the United States asked too much and offered too little, we chose to stand up for Canadians," Champagne said, referring to the failed talks.

加拿大政府还宣布提供 75 亿加元支持受美国关税上涨影响的工人和企业。

Carney suspended trade talks with the U.S. on Friday,saying in a statement that last-minute changes to the U.S. proposal were "unfair, uneconomic, and called into question the reliability of any deal."

美国贸易代表反驳说,美国向加拿大提供了更好的协议。