Trump Escalates Canada Trade War With $20 Billion Retaliation and New U.S. Import Bans
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Updated · The New York Times · Sep 9
Trump Escalates Canada Trade War With $20 Billion Retaliation and New U.S. Import Bans
3 articles · Updated · The New York Times · Sep 9
Summary
Canada hit roughly $20 billion of U.S. imports with retaliatory tariffs Tuesday, prompting Trump to widen the dispute with bans on some Canadian motorcycles, alcoholic beverages, dairy products and molasses.
Trump has framed the moves as a response to what he calls unfair Canadian trade practices, turning a long-running economic quarrel into the sharpest rupture in U.S.-Canada ties in decades.
The latest measures build on earlier U.S. steps replacing some 50% tariffs with outright bans on selected Canadian goods, with additional 50% duties on some wood and metal products.
The clash revives a relationship once stabilized by the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement and marks the deepest strain since Canada became self-governing in 1867.