{"id":221208,"date":"2026-08-19T14:38:18","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T14:38:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-pauses-50-tariffs-on-canada-for-3-days-nbc-news\/"},"modified":"2026-08-19T14:38:18","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T14:38:18","slug":"trump-pauses-50-tariffs-on-canada-for-3-days-nbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-pauses-50-tariffs-on-canada-for-3-days-nbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump pauses 50% tariffs on Canada for 3 days – NBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"

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President Donald Trump late Tuesday slammed the brakes on a wave of tariffs that were set to hit Canada at midnight.
On social media<\/a>, Trump wrote: \u201cI have paused the 50% Tariffs against Canada, that were scheduled to kick in tomorrow morning for a three day period, based on the fact that Canada and the U.S.A., subject to the finalization of documents, have a DEAL!\u201d
Trump did not provide further details, except to refer to the Keystone XL pipeline, which he said \u201cmay be awoken from the grave!\u201d
\u201cThe deal will include comprehensive market access for all American goods, economic security commitments, digital trade alignment, and many important provisions that will continue to protect our market and American workers, along with our Canadian partners,\u201d the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative said in a separate social media post<\/a>.
In a statement, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said the postponement of tariffs would last until the end of the day Friday.
\u201cSubstantial progress has been made, although there is important work still to be done,\u201d he said.
The 50% duties would have affected about $20 billion worth of U.S. imports from Canada, according to the trade representative\u2019s office. The import taxes would have hit products ranging from hockey sticks to some building materials, liquors and certain kinds of clothing.
The last-minute deal came after more than a week of furious meetings and technical talks.
On Monday afternoon, Carney described the talks with the Trump administration as \u201cvery delicate and intense\u201d but did not provide any further details. Carney and Trump spoke later that afternoon and again late Tuesday, Carney\u2019s office told NBC News.
In his statement late Tuesday, Carney acknowledged the \u201cintensive discussions.\u201d He added that his government was aiming to \u201cdeliver greater certainty and real benefits for Canadian businesses, workers, farmers and families.\u201d
\u201cWhile we continue this work, Canada remains focused on building a stronger, more independent, and more competitive economy at home,\u201d he said.
Carney has previously said the threatened duties were a \u201cdirect violation\u201d of the U.S.-Canada-Mexico Agreement, which Trump pursued and signed in his first term.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce warned in a statement Tuesday that in the event of no deal, \u201cthe introduction of higher tariffs would damage both economies, drive up costs for U.S. families, further disrupt critical supply chains, and risk the 13 million American jobs that depend on\u201d the North American trade pact.
The tariffs that were set to be imposed would have been the first use of Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930<\/a>. The law allows the White House to implement duties of up to 50% on any foreign trading partner that \u201cdiscriminates\u201d against U.S. commerce.
In talks with their counterparts, Canadian officials were seeking not only to have the Section 338 tariffs scrapped entirely, but also to lower Section 232 tariffs on industrial products such as steel and aluminum, CBC News and Bloomberg have reported.
The Chamber of Commerce said Tuesday that lower duties on Canada would be \u201ca boon to U.S. consumers, producers, farmers and manufacturers.\u201d
A sticking point Monday and Tuesday appeared to be a request for lower automobile duties, according to Bloomberg and Reuters, which also reported that U.S. officials did not want to cut current 25% tariffs on that sector to anything lower than 15%.
Trump did not say in his brief social media post whether the duties would be lowered.
U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said earlier that the reasoning behind the threatened 50% duties was effectively payback for Canada\u2019s retaliation against previous tranches of Trump\u2019s tariffs.
\u201cThe policy basis for [Wednesday\u2019s] duties are related to measures that Canada took against the United States,\u201d Greer said last week<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019ve got two countries in the world that have retaliated against the United States for trade measures: the People\u2019s Republic of China and Canada. That\u2019s not the kind of company you really want to be running in.\u201d
Last year, Trump briefly responded to China\u2019s retaliation by raising tariffs into the triple digits. Talks between Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and China\u2019s vice premier over months eventually defused that tension, and tariffs were lowered.
Trump has also aimed his anger at Canada repeatedly. At one point, he became enraged by the province of Ontario, which ran a TV ad<\/a> during 2025 World Series telecasts. The video used edited clips of Republican former President Ronald Reagan to criticize Trump\u2019s trade policy.
Trump halted trade talks<\/a> with Canada and later accused the Canadian government, which did not sponsor the ad, of interfering with the Supreme Court\u2019s deliberations over his tariffs; the court later ruled that he overstepped his legal authority.
Trump threatened 10% extra tariffs on Canada after the ad but never followed through. Ontario later pulled the ad from the airwaves.
Steve Kopack is a senior reporter at NBC News covering business and the economy.
© 2026 NBCUniversal Media, LLC<\/p>\n

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