WINNIPEG - Any decision on easing tariffs on electric vehicles from China would have to take into consideration impacts on other sectors, federal Agriculture Minister Heath MacDonald said Tuesday.

Canada, following the lead of the United States, slapped a 100 per cent tariff on Chinese electric vehicles last year and committed to a review within 12 months. China later imposed tariffs on Canadian canola, in what was widely seen as a retaliatory move that has hurt Canadian producers.

Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, who is currently in China, and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith have called on Ottawa to lift its tariffs.

When asked whether Canada might do so, MacDonald said it's "certainly something that we're looking at" but cautioned that other trade concerns are being kept in mind. MacDon

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