Finance Ministers Discuss Tariffs as Ottawa Finalizes Retaliation Against US

Finance Ministers Discuss Tariffs as Ottawa Finalizes Retaliation Against US
Finance Minister Bill Morneau at a meeting with provincial and territorial finance ministers in Ottawa on June 26, 2018. The Canadian Press/Patrick Doyle
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OTTAWA—Finance ministers from across the country weighed the consequences this week of Canada’s intensifying trade dispute with the United States as the federal government worked to finalize details of its retaliation against President Donald Trump’s tariffs.

The twice-yearly gathering of finance chiefs took place in Ottawa on June 26, just days before Canada is set to impose retaliatory tariffs on products from the United States, which is by far its largest trading partner.