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Canada slashes 100% tariffs on Chinese EVs to 6%

https://electrek.co/2026/01/16/canada-breaks-with-us-slashes-100-tariffs-chinese-evs/
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What will be interesting are the restrictions on where the BYD vehicles are allowed to go.

e.g. https://www.autoexpress.co.uk/news/366599/chinese-evs-banned...

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I expect that this relatively small quota is a good faith opening the door to Chinese product but the main core goal will be deeper, comprehensive Chinese investment, such as securing BYD/NIO/etc car factories in Ontario.
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