President Donald Trump imposed the tariffs under Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, the Depression-era Smoot-Hawley law, after last-ditch talks collapsed late Friday. The duties cover about $20 billion in Canadian goods, from wine to hockey sticks to cement.
Ottawa’s ‘focused response’ to levies imposed by Donald Trump on Canadian products comes after trade talks collapsed last week US politics live – latest updates Canada has announced it will impose tariffs on a wide range of key American industries including cosmetics, dairy, wood products and outdoo…
"For each product, our tariff would match the American tariff on the same type of Canadian goods,” said Canadian Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne.
On Tuesday, Canadian officials announced funding to back businesses, workers, and industries, as they implement dollar-for-dollar counter-tariffs on the US in response to the Trump administration’s newly imposed 50 percent tariffs on roughly $20 billion worth of Canadian imports.
