The US Senate on Wednesday (local time) voted 50-46 to revoke President Donald Trump’s authority to impose steep tariffs on Canada, following his recent decision to raise tariffs on the country by an additional 10 per cent over a television ad that criticised his trade policies, The Hill reported.

Four Republican senators — Susan Collins (Maine), Mitch McConnell (Kentucky), Lisa Murkowski (Alaska), and Rand Paul (Kentucky) — joined Democrats in supporting the resolution to end Trump’s tariff powers.

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The Senate had previously approved the same measure on April 2, but its progress stalled after the Republican-controlled House refused to take it up. The resolution’s sponsor, Senator Tim Kaine (Democrat-Virginia), reintroduced it this week, arguing that Trump’s tariffs on Cana

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