1056 ET - Canada's ban on single-use plastics is already in legal limbo. Now, the Trump administration has identified the policy as a major foreign-trade barrier, in a new report from the US Trade Representative. The regulations "would create negative impacts for trade," the USTR says, adding it would thwart agriculture exports to Canada. The administration encourages Ottawa to use a "science-based approach" to address plastic pollution. The ban is on hold after a Federal Court of Canada ruling 16 months ago judged the Liberal government's plastics policy as unreasonable and unconstitutional, adding officials failed to provide evidence that items such as straws and stir sticks are toxic, as per cabinet order. US lobby groups, chemical maker Dow and Exxon subsidiary Imperial Oil supported the court challenge. (Paul.Vieira@wsj.com; @paulvieira)

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