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Canada stands out not for how much it pays in US tariffs but for the tools used against it. Its effective tariff rate is at the low end of all trackers, and the Section 338 tariffs cover about 5% of its shipments. What is unusual is the first-ever use of Section 338, import bans, exclusion from US government purchasing, and trade talks cut off twice. Brazil shares part of that. Canada's retaliation and its deal with China coincide with the gap, but neither can be shown to cause it: countries that didn't retaliate, such as Brazil, India and Switzerland, were hit as hard or harder.

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