(Bastien Inzaurralde/The Washington Post)President Trump is planning to offer Canada and Mexico a temporary exemption from new tariffs on steel and aluminum imports, reversing his original insistence that the measures apply to U.S. allies as well as nations like China, administration officials said Wednesday. Here's how leaders around the world are reacting to President Trump's proposed tariffs on steel and aluminum. For example, Trump is trying to use the tariff threats to force Canada and Mexico to offer unrelated concessions in NAFTA. The United Steelworkers Union, which has numerous members in Canada, is urging the administration to exclude Canada, arguing that America’s northern neighbor trades fairly. “There’s no rational reason to have Canada sanctioned because Canada never broke the rules,” said Leo Gerard, international president of the USW.

Source: Washington Post March 07, 2018 20:20 UTC