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Trump raises eyebrows with 'Hail Mary' pass to save Collins' hide
What happened
AlterNet, citing Wall Street Journal reporting, says the Trump administration was expected to remove 50 percent tariffs from certain Canadian agricultural and forestry products after Senator Susan Collins requested relief for Maine industries and consumers. The proclamation could have arrived as early as that Friday, but its timing and scope remained unsettled; officials were reportedly considering higher levies on other Canadian goods to offset the reductions.
The proposed change came just over a week before Election Day, with Collins tied in polling against Democratic…
The skinny
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