Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is being prodded by one of his country’s regional heads to retaliate against President Trump’s tariffs on Canadian lumber by imposing a ban on U.S. coal.
British Columbian Premier Christy Clark pressed Trudeau on Wednesday to enforce a trade ban on shipments of thermal coal, also called steam coal, at its terminal in Vancouver in response to the Trump administration’s 24 percent tariffs on Canadian softwood lumber imposed Tuesday.
“I told British Columbians that I would use every tool at our disposal to ensure we get a fair deal on softwood lumber,” Clark said in an open letter to Trudeau. “Friends and trading partners cooperate,” but “clearly, the United States is taking a different approach,” she said.
Clark said U.S. coal producers rely on the terminal in Vancouver to ship coal to Asia, with a record of more than 6 million tons shipped last year. The U.S. lacks the capacity to move its own coal on the Pacific coast, making the ban an effective retaliatory response to the lumber tariff.
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Canada looks to ban US coal shipments https://t.co/XQdpe1MV6J pic.twitter.com/qwFP7oHr7m
— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) April 26, 2017
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