Image: Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) speaks at a press conference on the upcoming deadline for the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files, in Washington, DC on December 16, 2025 (Photo by Nathan Posner/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Brad Reed of Common Dreams reports: “Critics are piling on President Donald Trump for once again picking a fight with the United States’ top trading partner by moving to slap 50% tariffs on certain imported Canadian goods.

Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, said on Tuesday that Trump’s latest broadside against Canada was “yet another shakedown that will raise the cost of living for Americans, their families, and small businesses across the country.”

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