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Morning Update: Rethinking resources as a trade weapon

Good morning. Provincial leaders are thinking beyond alcohol when it comes to countertariffs. More on that below, along with flash flooding in Nepal and Meta’s social media settlement.

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A worker stands near a stack of lumber at the Western Forest Products Duke Point Sawmill, in Nanaimo, B.C., on Friday, March 28, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
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Ottawa removes seafood and fish products from countertariff list

Canadian businesses continue to weather U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest duties while they await the planned reprisal from Ottawa to take effect.

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FILE - Lobsters sit in a crate at a shipping facility on Nov. 18, 2020, in Arundel, Maine. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)
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