Canada pauses new tariff threats
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The president said the blanket 35% would be on top of tariffs on certain sectors. That’s higher than the previous 25% rate.
Trump threatened to escalate tariffs beyond 35% if Canada opts to retaliate with tariffs on U.S. goods. Canadian goods are also subject to sector-specific tariffs, such as 50% levies on steel and aluminum as well as 25% tariffs on non-USMCA compliant autos and auto parts.
Multiple states bordering Canada could feel the greatest impact of a 35 percent tariff on Canadian products starting August 1.
Six Republican Congress members callously urged Canada to take “proper action” to mitigate smoke wafting into the U.S.
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President Trump on Thursday threatened to impose 35% tariffs on goods from Canada starting next month, hiking import duties on one of the U.S.'s largest trading partners.
Canada is facing a 35% tariff on imports to the U.S. starting Aug. 1, said President Trump, though some of the country’s goods may still be exempt.
Six members of Congress from Wisconsin and Minnesota have asked Canada to say how it plans to tackle the blazes and reduce the haze billowing south.
ur neighbors from the north sent us a distress signal. With longtime ties between the United States and Canada fraying nearly to the point of being ripped, editors at La Presse, a French-language news outlet in Montreal, asked their readers to tell us how important those ties are and what both countries stand to lose if they’re not repaired.