July 21 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories from selected Canadian newspapers. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.

THE GLOBE AND MAIL

• U.S. President Donald Trump is escalating his trade war against Canada, imposing 50 percent tariffs on a range of goods to hit back at Ottawa for retaliating against his previous tariffs.

• The private-equity arm of Brookfield Asset Management Ltd BAM.N is paying C$1.6 billion ($1.14 billion) to acquire Gregg Distributors LP, a family-owned provider of industrial products to thousands of businesses across Western Canada.

• Enbridge Inc ENB.TO has startedconstruction on the C$4 billion expansion of its pipeline system for transporting natural gas in British Columbia, with Ottawa touting the economic spinoffs from Canada’s energy industry.

NATIONAL POST

• LXP Industrial Trust LXP.N will be taken private by Brookfield Asset Management and Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in a $5.2 billion all-cash deal, the industrial real estate investment trust said.

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