00:00The U.S. House of Representatives has narrowly backed a measure to disapprove President Donald Trump's tariffs on Canada
00:07in a rare bipartisan rebuke of White House trade policy.
00:11Lawmakers voted 219 to 211 in favour of a resolution to terminate Trump's use of a national emergency
00:20to impose punitive trade measures on Canadian goods.
00:24The vote came a day after three Republicans joined Democrats to defeat an effort by party leaders
00:30to block any legislative challenge to the tariffs.
00:33Trump's Republicans hold a slim 218 to 214 majority in the House,
00:39making the vote a symbolic but politically significant setback for the White House.
00:44Republican leaders had for months tried to prevent any vote on the tariffs,
00:48highlighting growing unease within the party over Trump's trade strategy.
00:52The resolution is now expected to have a strong chance of passage in the Senate,
00:57which has twice moved to block Trump's Canada tariffs, despite Republicans holding more seats there.
01:03However, a Trump veto is expected.
01:06Overriding it will require a two-thirds majority in both chambers,
01:10making it unlikely the measure will become law.
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