Canada Seeks Pelosi's Support in Push to Lift U.S. Metal Tariffs
- Foreign minister says process for new trade pact is under way
- Freeland, U.S. House speaker meet at conference in Germany
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Canada is asking U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to help press the Trump administration to lift tariffs on its steel and aluminum exports.
Canadian Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland said she met Pelosi and other Democrats on the sidelines of a global security conference in Munich on Saturday. They discussed President Donald Trump’s tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum imports, Canada’s retaliatory tariffs and the ratification path for the countries’ new trade deal.