Canada announces retaliatory tariffs on wide range of US goods

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Canada announces 50% retaliatory tariffs on hundreds of US imports as trade war escalates – video Canada Canada announces retaliatory tariffs on wide range of US goods Ottawa’s ‘focused response’ to levies imposed by Donald Trump on Canadian products comes after trade talks collapsed last week

Prefer the Guardian on Google Canada has announced it will impose tariffs on a wide range of key American industries including cosmetics, dairy, wood products and outdoor equipment in the coming weeks, as it retaliates roughly “dollar for dollar” against levies imposed by the US.

In a strong Canadian countermove to tariffs levied by Donald Trump , which took effect on Saturday after trade talks collapsed the day before, Canada’s finance and industry ministers on Tuesday called the measure a “focused response” to what they see as unfair trade practices.

The White House claimed it was using section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to protest against “discriminatory” trade policies by Canada, including provincial bans on US alcohol – a ban that was only implemented in protest against tariffs imposed on Canadian goods last year.

The prime minister, Mark Carney , had previously pledged a “dollar-for-dollar” response from his government after roughly 5% of exports to the US were singled out by the White House.