{"id":223507,"date":"2026-09-08T18:47:20","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T18:47:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/canadas-retaliatory-us-tariffs-take-effect-as-trade-dispute-grows-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-09-08T18:47:20","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T18:47:20","slug":"canadas-retaliatory-us-tariffs-take-effect-as-trade-dispute-grows-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/canadas-retaliatory-us-tariffs-take-effect-as-trade-dispute-grows-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada\u2019s retaliatory US tariffs take effect as trade dispute grows – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Counter-measures covering several sectors come after Trump announced 50% tariffs on Canadian goods
Canada\u2019s retaliatory tariffs on billions of dollars\u2019 worth of American imports have come into effect, escalating a trade fight<\/a> that has been marked by intensifying tensions between the US president, Donald Trump, and the Canadian prime minister, Mark Carney.
The tariffs took effect at 12.01am on Tuesday, and range from 15% to 50% and apply to products covering $20bn in imports from the US. The measures target sectors including steel, dairy, appliances, agricultural equipment, pulp and paper, and electronics \u2013 industries that have been most affected by US tariffs.
The retaliatory tariffs come \u201cas a result of the United States\u2019 decision to impose a 50% tariff on $20bn of Canadian goods effective August 22\u201d, the Canadian government said<\/a>.
Carney said Tuesday that Canada<\/a> would move faster to reduce its economic reliance on the United States. \u201cIn too many areas, they wanted dependency, not a true economic partnership,\u201d said Carney. \u201cWe can\u2019t let American goods into Canada tariff-free while they charge our companies to export to them.\u201d
Last month, Trump announced <\/a>a new 50% tariff on cars and raw materials from Canada. He accused the country of \u201cripping off\u201d the US \u201cfor years\u201d. The US tariffs hit items such as hockey sticks and cement, affecting about 5.5% of Canadian exports to the US.
Since then, tensions between Canada and the US have intensified, with Carney last week urging the Trump administration<\/a> to \u201cstart being serious\u201d as the trade dispute has increasingly spilled into broader diplomatic tensions.
Trump and senior US officials have repeatedly criticized Canada and its leadership, while Trump has taken a series of symbolic digs at Canada including signing an executive order renaming Lake Ontario as \u201cLake America\u201d \u2013 which Canadians have rejected.<\/a>
On Monday, Trump threatened to block sales of Canada\u2019s Bombardier Aviation in the US, unless the Quebec-based plane maker moves manufacturing to the US.
\u201cNo more selling Bombardier in the United States!\u201d Trump posted in all caps on his Truth Social platform, though he did not specify how he would achieve a sales halt.
Thousands of Bombardier aircraft currently operate in US airlines\u2019 domestic fleets.
In a statement on Monday, the aerospace company touted its creation of \u201ctens of thousands of jobs across the United States\u201d, with \u201cdirect employment\u201d in more than 20 states including Kansas, Texas, Arizona and California.
The company also noted that it spent more than $2.5bn annually with suppliers, and said its supply chain was \u201cmade up of approximately 2,800 American companies across 47 states\u201d.
Negotiations between both sides broke down on 21 August after days of meetings in Washington, with Carney saying at the time that the Trump administration\u2019s terms were ultimately unacceptable and that US negotiators had introduced restrictions on Canadian trade deals with other countries at the 11th hour.
US officials also made unacceptable \u201cthreats\u201d to the French language<\/a> and \u201cQuebec culture\u201d, he added, referencing the French-speaking province in eastern Canada, with Carney saying American negotiators viewed the measures as an \u201cirritant\u201d, while \u201cin Quebec, these are rights\u201d.
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But Trump\u2019s top trade official Jamieson Greer later noted the US government was aware that French language protections were sensitive and important.
\u201cThis is not something where we push hard, or condition, or red-line,\u201d he told Canadian public broadcaster CBC last month.
Polls show Carney has broad support from Canadians, but it could disappear within months as the consequences of the trade war sink in, according to political analysts.
Just 20% of Americans approved of Trump\u2019s \u2060tariffs on Canadian goods, a Reuters\/Ipsos poll found.
Carney said last week his government was ready \u200bto sign a trade deal that \u200bbenefited both countries, but US media reports say there are currently no ongoing negotiations between the two sides.<\/strong>
Agence France-Presse and Reuters contributed reporting<\/em><\/p>\n

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