Canada's counter-tariffs take effect on various US goods

The announced duties of 15 percent, 25 percent and 50 percent apply to $27.6 billion (US$20 billion) in imports from the United States, covering steel and aluminum products as well as dairy goods like cheese. But Canada removed some seafood products from the initial list.Ottawa's pushback comes weeks after US President Donald Trump imposed 50-percent tariffs on a similar value of Canadian products, over what Washington deemed as "discriminatory treatment" against US alcohol, automobile and dairy industries.The US tariffs hit items like hockey sticks and cement, impacting about 5.5 percent of Canadian exports to the United States.On Monday, Trump threatened to block sales of Canada's Bombardier Aviation in the United States, unless the Quebec-based plane maker moves manufacturing to the US."No more selling Bombardier in the United States!" Trump posted in all caps on his Truth Social platform, though he did not specify how he would achieve a sales halt.Thousands of Bombardier aircraft currently operate in US airlines' domestic fleets.In a statement Monday, the aerospace company touted its creation of "tens of thousands of jobs across the United States," with "direct employment" in m...