After weeks of escalating rhetoric between the U.S. and China, the opening shots in what analysts fear will devolve into a full-fledged trade war are set to go off at midnight.
Canada now levies similar taxes on popular American products such as chocolate bars, mayonnaise, whiskey, sailboats, washing machines, maple sugar and strawberries.
EU officials said the tariffs represent $7.5 billion worth of trade. European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said the 28-nation bloc will not be bullied.
Détente appears to be over, as President Donald Trump announced today that the U.S. will soon slap a 25 percent import tax on $50 billion in Chinese goods, especially technology products. Another $100 billion in tariffs is possible if China follows through on threats to retaliate.
The event at the Donald E. Stephens Convention Center will bring architects, engineers and construction contractors together to learn about new technologies and products, officials say.
At a press conference Saturday after the end of the G-7 summit in Quebec, Trudeau said Canada, a longtime U.S., ally and trading partner, would not be “pushed around” by America.