Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney meets with Chinese Premier Li Qiang on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly, in New York, September 23, 2025. Credit: Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press via AP Images
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China has become an automaking powerhouse, but thanks to steep tariffs on its electric vehicles, most North American consumers have yet to see its cars on their roads. That may be about to change. Canada’s government is considering removing the country’s 100 percent tariff on Chinese EVs. The potential pivot comes as President Donald Trump’s trade war is wreaking havoc on the deeply integrated U.S.-Canada auto supply chain, and as Canada looks for ways to negotiate down trade barr