Canada’s government on Monday announced it is imposing a 100% tariff on imports of Chinese-made electric vehicles that matches U.S. tariffs and follows similar plans announced by the European Commission.
The announcement followed encouragement by U.S. national security advisor Jake Sullivan during a meeting with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and cabinet ministers on Sunday. Sullivan is set to make his first visit to Beijing on Tuesday.
Trudeau said Canada also will impose a 25% tariff on Chinese steel and aluminum.
“Actors like China have chosen to give themselves an unfair advantage in the global marketplace,” he said.
Until transit becomes reasonable to use (outside of the 5 biggest cities) cars aren’t going anywhere, no matter how much we might want a less car-centric society.
Having an increasing percentage of cars be less bad is a worthy interim step, while at the same time trying to improve the practicality of other means of getting to where you need to go.
Exactly. I’ve lived all over Canada and transit is shit almost everwhere, likely due to the fact most city halls seem to think public transit should be a for-profit enterprise vs a provided service to all residents.
There’s also the whole urban sprawl debacle. :/