US Treasury Secretary Says Tariffs Won’t Be Dropped on Canada After It Slashed Levies on Chinese EVs

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 5, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times

U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Washington will not reduce tariffs on Canada after Ottawa reduced tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles (EVs).

In a House committee hearing on Feb. 5, Senator John Kennedy asked Bessent if the United States would lower tariffs on Canada to zero if the country also lowered all tariffs on the United States.