Canada and other countries were hoping a U.S. senator might kill a controversial electric-vehicle tax credit that has angered America’s trading partners.
Sen. Joe Manchin is now threatening not just to do that: he sounds like he’s planning to torpedo the entire Build Back Better legislation that contains that provision as one of numerous measures that form the heart of the Democratic Party’s priorities.
The moderate Democrat, who is key to President Joe Biden’s hopes of passing the $1.75-trillion US domestic investment bill, said on Sunday he would not support the package.
“I cannot vote to continue with this piece of legislation,”
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