Trump announces 35% tariffs on Canada starting Aug. 1, warns of higher levies if Ottawa retaliates

U.S. President Donald Trump connected Thursday raised tariffs connected Canadian imports to 35%, effectual Aug. 1, complaining that Ottawa had retaliated with duties against Washington.

"Instead of moving with the United States, Canada retaliated with its ain Tariffs," Trump said to Mark Carney, premier curate of Canada, successful a missive posted connected Truth Social.

He attributed fentanyl arsenic a crushed for that complaint successful the letter: "If Canada works with maine to halt the travel of Fentanyl, we will, perhaps, see an accommodation to this letter."

A full of 43 pounds of the cause was seized astatine the bluish borderline during 2024 with an further 58 pounds having been confiscated determination truthful acold this year, according to the U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Responding to Trump's announcement, Carney said successful a post connected X that "Canada has made captious advancement to halt the scourge of fentanyl successful North America. We are committed to continuing to enactment with the United States to prevention lives and support communities successful some our countries."

"The Canadian authorities has steadfastly defended our workers and businesses. We volition proceed to bash truthful arsenic we enactment towards the revised deadline of August 1."

The 35% tariffs volition beryllium abstracted from each sectoral tariffs, Trump said, informing that the work mightiness beryllium increased, if Canada retaliated. Canada is taxable to Trump's 50% tariffs connected alloy and aluminum imports, 25% tariffs connected autos, and faces a 50% levy connected copper shipments starting Aug. 1.

Other imports from Canada into the U.S. presently pull a 25% levy that Trump imposed earlier this twelvemonth implicit the country's alleged relation successful the travel of fentanyl, with exemptions for those successful compliance with the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement. Energy imports from Canada are taxable to a lower 10% levy.

"If for immoderate crushed you determine to rise your Tariffs, then, immoderate the fig you take to rise them by, volition beryllium added onto the 35% that we charge," Trump said Thursday. "Good transshipped to evade this higher tariff volition beryllium taxable to that higher tariff."

Trump indicated that the tariff rates successful aboriginal volition beryllium connected however Washington's narration with Ottawa pans out, portion mentioning that his state faced challenges from Canada that went beyond fentanyl.

"[Canada] has galore Tariff, and Non-Tariff, Policies and Trade Barriers, which origin unsustainable Trade Deficits against the United States ... The Trade Deficit is simply a large menace to our Economy and, indeed, our National Security!"

Thursday's missive came aft the 2 countries agreed to resume the commercialized talks connected June 29 and to enactment connected hammering retired a woody by July 21, according to a connection from the Department of Finance Canada.

Trump had threatened to extremity each commercialized discussions with Canada, 1 of its largest trading partners, implicit Ottawa's "digital services tax" connected American firms. Canada withdrew that tax successful bid to restart commercialized talks with Washington.

In effect to Trump's duties, Ottawa had also imposed 25% tariffs connected non-USMCA ailment vehicles from the U.S. and a database of American exports including steel, aluminum, computers, apparels and nutrient earlier this year. The countermeasures, Canada said successful March, would enactment "until the U.S. eliminates its tariffs against Canadian alloy and aluminum products."

U.S. full goods commercialized with Canada was $761.8 cardinal successful 2024, with Washington's shortage lasting astatine $62 cardinal past year, according to U.S. Census data. In the archetypal 5 months this year, the U.S. shortage successful goods commercialized with Canada roseate 9.8% twelvemonth connected twelvemonth to $25.6 billion.

Separately, Trump told NBC news Thursday that helium intends to impose blanket tariffs of 15% oregon 20% connected astir commercialized partners, up from the existent 10%.