The United States is imposing a 50 percent tariff on a range of Canadian exports starting Saturday, after the two countries could not reach a new deal before a deadline imposed by President Donald Trump.
Trump threatened the new tariffs in July to pressure Canada to move on a number of issues that were flagged as irritants to the U.S., including provincial bans on alcohol imports, tariffs on some American made auto exports and quotas on tariff-free U.S. dairy exports.
The federal auto tariffs and the alcohol bans, which remain in effect everywhere but Alberta and Saskatchewan, were both initiated in response to Trump’s initial tariffs on Canada in 2025….