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World Service,08 Sep 2026,49 mins

Canada's retaliatory tariffs on US products come into effect

Newsday

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Canada says it is matching Washington’s latest tariffs dollar-for-dollar. The retaliatory measures announced by Canada will double the rate of existing tariffs that Canadian businesses pay on imported American steel and aluminium products. The Ukrainian city of Odessa is restricting the use of Russian in the public sphere, despite the language being the first choice for the majority of the population, but many find the language offensive. We hear from a family whose loved ones are still missing in Nepal. (Photo: A 3D-printed miniature model of U.S. President Donald Trump, the Canada flag and the word "Tariffs"; Credit: Dado Ruvić/Reuters)

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