Uploaded September 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The latest round of U.S. tariffs on Canada rely on a little-known section of a 1930s law that hasn’t been used since — but will it stand up in court? For The National, CBC’s Ashley Fraser explains why the Trump administration dusted off Section 338, how it could be challenged and why legal experts worry it could open a ‘Pandora's Box’ for future trade policy.

00:00 Smoot–Hawley Tariff Act
00:46 Why dust off Section 338?
02:00 The discrimination argument
02:50 How it could be challenged in court
05:08 'Pandora's Box’ of trade policy

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