Canada’s ambassador to Washington said Tuesday that trade negotiators are focused on convincing the Trump administration to limit the impact of Section 232 tariffs on steel, aluminum, autos and lumber—not rewinding the clock to restore duty-free access to the U.S. market. (The Logic)

Talking point: The Liberal government has long cautioned Canadians not to expect the U.S. to remove all the duties it has imposed during President Donald Trump’s second term. Negotiations with the White House have reportedly picked up steam ahead of the U.S. midterm elections next Tuesday. Still, Wiseman said Ottawa views the quest for relief from some tariffs as the first step to a review of the North American trade pact. “What we’re trying to do is not get back to a tariff-free world, because we’re not going to,” he told an aerospace conference in Ottawa. He said Canada is trying to reach “a compromise position that makes some sense to us” before moving into the technical review of the continental deal.

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