Ruben Gallego

U.S. Senator Ruben Gallego says returning to the CUSMA negotiating table is the best path toward repairing the fractured Canada-U.S trade relationship. …“I think we should be repealing all of our tariffs between the United States and Canada,” Gallego said on Tuesday in the U.S. Embassy. The Arizona Democrat said his visit was intended in part to reassure Canadians that Democrats do not share Trump’s administrative approach to the relationship, while emphasizing the economic stakes for his home state. This comes as U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer is set to introduce legislation to repeal President Trump’s latest tariffs on Canadian goods, as well as the separate duties that the Trump administration says are linked to forced labour supply chains. …Gellego said the effects of the trade dispute are already being felt in the U.S., pointing to housing as one example because of American reliance on Canadian lumber.