The president also announced sweeping tariffs on dozens of countries, as he continued his drive to remake how global trade operates.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has said he is “disappointed” by an increased tariff on some exports to the United States.

Donald Trump escalated a trade war by boosting the tariff rate from 25% to 35%, saying that Canada had “failed to cooperate” in curbing the flow of fentanyl and other drugs across the US border. The Canadian government says it is cracking down on drug gangs.

However most goods from Canada will dodge the import tax imposed by the US thanks to an existing trade treaty, the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA).

Economists and financial analysts have warned that the new levies will raise prices for businesses and consumers in the US and weigh on the economy, predictions that the Trump administration has dismissed.

  • justOnePersistentKbinPlease@fedia.io
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    2 days ago

    The reality is that the 35% tariff doesn’t actually amount to much since USCMA/NAFTA basically shields 80-90% of Canadian goods.

    The nasty ones are the processed lumber, steel and aluminium tariffs.