Why is Canada eyeing the nuclear option for tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles?

Open this photo in gallery: The Government of Canada announced this month that it was looking into imposing additional tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles.-/AFP/Getty Images Nicolas Lamp is associate professor at the faculty of law at Queen's University. Wolfgang Alschner is associate professor at the common law section of the University of Ottawa. He holds the Hyman Soloway Chair in business and trade law. Few were surprised when the Government of Canada announced that it was looking into imposing additional tariffs on Chinese-made electric vehicles - an almost inevitable move after the United States and the European Union announced their…