Canada excludes US seafood from retaliatory tariffs

Aug 27 (Reuters) - Canada removed seafood and fish products from a ‌list of counter tariffs on ‌U.S. imports on Wednesday, a day after ​announcing levies on about $20 billion worth of American products.

• "Based on feedback, we have made ‌select adjustments ⁠to protect against economic harms, including removing seafood and fish ⁠products from our list of counter tariffs," Canada's Department of Finance ​said in ​a post ​on X.

• Canada ‌is matching Washington's latest duties dollar for dollar after the U.S. imposed new 50% tariffs on Canadian imports on Saturday.

• "We are continually working ‌with Canadian industries ​to assess the effectiveness ​of ​these measures, with a primary ‌focus on industries that ​have ​been targeted by US tariffs," the statement said.

• The Canadian tariffs ​will take ‌effect from September 8.

(Reporting by ​Anusha Shah in Bengaluru, Editing ​by Louise Heavens)