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The tariffs only cover goods that are not exempted by the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade agreement, effectively leaving 85% of Canadian goods duty-free.
'Canada's retaliatory trade measures against the United States further complicate bilateral efforts to address this escalating drug crisis,' the executive order said.
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