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Canada says would respond if US imposed new border tariffs

Freeland made her remarks after meeting new US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson

Reuters February 09, 2017

a sign post for the small border town of emerson near the canada us border crossing where refugees make their way often on foot into the province is seen in emerson manitoba canada february 1 2017 photo reuters

A sign post for the small border town of Emerson, near the Canada-US border crossing where refugees make their way often on foot into the province, is seen in Emerson, Manitoba, Canada, February 1, 2017. PHOTO: REUTERS

OTTAWA: Canada strongly opposes the idea of the United States imposing new border tariffs and would respond appropriately to any such move, Foreign Minister Chrystia Freeland told reporters on Wednesday.

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Freeland made her remarks after meeting new US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson for the first time in Washington.

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