Reference News, October 30 report: According to the Associated Press, on October 29, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution to cancel the tariffs imposed by the United States on Canada. The trade dispute between the United States and its northern neighbor, also one of its most important economic partners, Canada, is escalating as President Trump is conducting trade negotiations in Asia.
The report said that this vote, which passed with 50 votes in favor and 46 against, is the latest in a series of votes this week aimed at ending the national emergency declared by Trump. Trump has used the declaration of a national emergency to impose additional tariffs. Although these resolutions will not take effect, they have become an effective way for Democrats to expose the differences between the Trump administration's trade policies and Republican senators who traditionally support free trade.
Democratic Senator Tim Kaine, who pushed for these resolutions, said that the price increases caused by tariffs would force Republicans to break away from Trump. Kaine told the media, "It will become untenable for them to close their eyes and say 'I support anything the president wants to do.'"
The Senate had previously passed a similar resolution regarding Brazil's tariffs and had passed a resolution on Canadian products exported to the United States in April this year.
The report said that Kaine and several other senators based their voting efforts on a law that has existed for decades, which allows Congress to block the president's use of emergency powers. However, House Republicans have passed new rules allowing leadership to block such resolutions from being voted on in the House. Moreover, even if the relevant bill passes Congress, Trump has the power to veto it. (Translated by Guo Jun)
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