Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick blasts Canada for ‘tone deaf’ tariff response and praises the UK and Mexico for not retaliating

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• Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick took a shot at Canada, saying its response to Trump tariffs on steel and aluminum was “tone deaf.” On Wednesday, Canada imposed billions of dollars of reciprocal tariffs on the U.S. After a meeting with Lutnick, Ontario Premier Doug Ford said the temperature had come down between the two countries.

Canada responded aggressively to the Trump administration’s recent tariffs, and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick is not pleased.