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Lorne Gunter: Cutting off oil and other exports to U.S. is a good back-pocket option

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Donald Trump has threatened to impose tariffs on Canadian exports to the U.S. He first threatened broad-based tariffs on incoming goods from Canada before Christmas .

Trump said he would give us another month to reduce the flow of drugs and illegal immigrants.

Trump then announced he was placing tariffs on steel and aluminum in just over a week .

Tariffs will harm Americans , too.

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