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Canada files WTO complaint over 'illegal' US steel tariffs

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Canada filed complaints at the World Trade Organization in response to "illegal" US tariffs on imports of Canadian steel and aluminum, Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland has said.

"These unilateral tariffs, imposed under a false pretext of safeguarding US national security, are inconsistent with the United States' international trade obligations and WTO rules," Freeland said in a statement issued yesterday.

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First Published: Jun 02 2018 | 2:35 AM IST

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