Scheer Calls for More Inspections on Chinese Imports, Possible Tariffs

Scheer Calls for More Inspections on Chinese Imports, Possible Tariffs
Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer addresses the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations in Montreal on May 7, 2019. The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz
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OTTAWA—Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to step up inspections on all products from China and to consider slapping tariffs on imports from the Asian country.

In a letter Friday, Scheer pressed Trudeau to take a harder line with Canada’s second-biggest trading partner at a time when the countries are locked in a diplomatic dispute that has dragged on for more than seven months.