Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) announced Friday that nine categories of Canadian products “crucial for Maine’s agricultural industries” will be exempted from U.S. tariffs. The types of exempted goods include paperboard cartons, plastic boxes, refrigeration equipment, agricultural cleaning and sorting …
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Canada and the U.S. nearly clinched a trade agreement earlier this year, but it fell apart at the last moment, resulting in a high-profile public row between Trump and Ontario Premier Doug Ford that led Trump to rename Lake Ontario to "Lake America."
Collins had requested relief from tariffs that have impacted Maine industries and consumers. The state's economy is heavily reliant on trade with Canada, and Collings has broken with Trump on tariff issues.
The Trump administration is expanding exemptions of tariffs on some Canadian products, a move that may help boost Republican Senator Susan Collins’ reelection campaign in Maine.
The Trump administration is exempting nine categories of Canadian agricultural and forestry products from 50% tariffs, including goods tied to Maine’s blueberry, potato, apple and seaweed industries. The relief could ease costs for border-state businesses and benefit Sen.
The United States is expected to remove 50% tariffs on some Canadian agricultural and forestry products in a bid to help Maine Senator Susan Collins and other Republicans from northern U.S. states in the upcoming midterm elections, the Wall Street Journal reported today, citing people familiar.
Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) announced Friday that nine categories of Canadian products “crucial for Maine’s agricultural industries” will be exempted from U.S. tariffs. The types of exempted goods include paperboard cartons, plastic boxes, refrigeration equipment, agricultural cleaning and sorting …
President Donald Trump, seeking to help Republican Sen. Susan Collins in a tough reelection battle in Maine, is exempting some imports — including plywood sheets, packing crates and some machinery — from the 50% tariffs he slapped on $20 billion…
Susan Collins, a Republican in a tight race to keep her senate seat in next month's elections, said she had been working with the White House on tariff relief.
The move comes as Trump's Republican Party scrambles to maintain control of the US Congress, with a Republican candidate in a key Senate race saying she had lobbied to lift the tariffs on Canadian products.
The White House is exempting some Canadian products from tariffs and adding duties to others, an effort to boost Susan Collins’ campaign to keep her US Senate seat.
President Trump on Friday slashed tariffs on a handful of Canadian products that are used widely by Maine's agricultural industry, a move cheered by GOP Sen. Susan Collins, who is facing a tough reelection battle.
Republican Sen. Susan Collins claimed credit for the Trump administration's decision to remove tariffs on boxes, crates, packaging and other specialized equipment used by some farmers and seaweed producers in Maine.
Collins, locked in a tight race with Democratic challenger Troy Jackson, issued a statement saying she'd spoken with Trump's top trade negotiator, Jamieson Greer, and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick "about the toll tariffs are taking on Maine families, businesses, farmers, and growers.''
The president lifted 50% tariffs on products critical to Maine’s agricultural industry, giving Republican Sen. Susan Collins a policy achievement to tout in the final days of her campaign.
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration announced Friday that it will shuffle its tariffs on Canadian products, exempting some items and applying new tariffs to others, in what appeared to be a last-minute bid to provide relief to American farmers before the midterm elections.
With an incumbent Maine US senator from his own party locked in a tight reelection battle, President Donald Trump signed an order on Friday to remove 50% tariffs on some Canadian agricultural and forestry products in a move that could benefit companies from the northern state.
President Donald Trump this week rolled back select tariffs on Canada, marking a strategic decision that could boost incumbent Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME) in a tight midterm election race just days before Maine’s voters head to the polls.
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