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Doug Ford says he’s ‘100% dead against’ lifting Canadian tariffs on Chinese EVs

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Robert Benzie and Tonda MacCharles, Toronto Star

Jan 13, 2026


Flavio Volpe, head of the Automotive Parts Manufacturers’ Association, said talks with the Chinese must be handled with “extreme caution.” “Should Canada do its best to move tariffs on agricultural goods? Yes. But we need to be careful about how we invite people in, and any time we invite anybody to assemble here, they absolutely need to try to meet the highest local content standard that we have,” said Volpe.


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