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WASHINGTON— In firing up a trade war with Canada, U.S. President Donald Trump turned to a 96-year-old statute so obscure that many trade lawyers didn’t even know it was still on the books. A week ago, Trump invoked Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to slap a 50 per cent tax on $20 billion worth of Canadian imports. The move prompted dollar-for-dollar retaliation from Ottawa and strained already-tense relations between the neighbors and longtime allies. The president’s Section 338 tariff authority has never been used, let alone tested in court. “This law is literally a blank canvas because…
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