Senators Introduce Resolution to Remove Canadian IEEPA Tariffs

Three senators introduced a resolution that would terminate the emergency that the president declared on the northern border -- which, if successful, would terminate the 25% tariff on most Canadian goods and 10% tariff on energy that President Donald Trump imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

Sens. Tim Kaine and Mark Warner, both Democrats from Virginia, and Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., introduced the legislation March 5.

“This Administration is igniting a reckless trade war and regular Americans are paying the price,” Klobuchar said.

Kaine said the first term trade wars were a disaster for Virginia's agricultural and timber exporters.

“Congress must step in before President Trump tanks our economy,” Warner said.

Canada is the top export market for both Virginia and Minnesota.