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Canada claims Washington is violating international trade law
A TRADE row has erupted between Canada and the US amid talks on renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (Nafta).
A Canadian complaint to the World Trade Organisation, submitted last month but not released until yesterday, claimed Washington was violating international law by imposing import duties on Canadian goods.
US trade representative Robert Lighthizer said the complaint was a “broad and ill-advised attack on the US trade remedies system.”
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