OTTAWA — Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday 100-percent tariffs on Chinese electric car imports, matching US measures seeking to fend off a flood of Chinese state-subsidized cars into North America.

Accusing China one of the world's largest exporters of electric vehicles (EVs) of "not playing by the same rules as other countries" in areas such as environmental and labor standards, he also unveiled a 25-percent surtax on imports of steel and aluminum products from China.

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