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A USMCA exemption sharply limited the reach of the fentanyl tariffs, but separate U.S. Section 232 duties on steel, aluminum, autos and lumber remained a major source of pressure; the Supreme Court later struck down the IEEPA tariffs. In 2026, the dispute widened when the United States declined to renew USMCA for another 16 years and used Section 338 to impose 50 percent tariffs on selected Canadian goods after negotiations collapsed. Canada imposed matching counter-tariffs, while the United States later put specified Canadian alcohol and dairy imports under an import ban; technical talks continue, but Washington says it is not seeking zero tariffs and a threatened 50 percent auto tariff remains unresolved.", "hero_image": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Canadian_and_American_Flags_at_Logan_Pass%2C_Glacier_National_Park%2C_Montana.jpg/1280px-Canadian_and_American_Flags_at_Logan_Pass%2C_Glacier_National_Park%2C_Montana.jpg", "hero_credit": { "source": "commons", "photo_id": "File:Canadian and American Flags at Logan Pass, Glacier National Park, Montana.jpg", "photographer": "Rollerboastre", "photographer_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Rollerboastre&action=edit&redlink=1", "photo_url": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Canadian_and_American_Flags_at_Logan_Pass,_Glacier_National_Park,_Montana.jpg", "description": "This file features the Canadian and American Flags flying jointly outside of the Logan Pass Visitors Center, due to the fact that the area is contained under the Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park. 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Trudeau said Canada would appoint a fentanyl czar, list cartels as terrorist organizations and put nearly 10,000 personnel on the border under a C$1.3 billion plan announced in December; Trump called it an initial outcome to see whether a final economic deal could be structured.", "type": "delay", "entities": [ "Donald Trump", "Justin Trudeau" ], "parties": [ "donald-trump", "justin-trudeau" ], "published_at": "2026-09-10T07:39:35.969428+00:00", "note": "", "image": "", "image_credit": { "credit": "", "source_url": "", "image_url": "", "terms_url": "", "mode": "licensed", "photographer": "", "photographer_url": "", "photo_url": "", "license": "", "license_url": "" }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/03/trump-canada-tariffs-trudeau.html", "outlet": "CNBC", "published": "2025-02-03", "quote": "President Donald Trump on Monday agreed to pause the implementation of planned U.S. tariffs on imports from Canada for at least 30 days, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said." }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2025/02/03/trump-canada-tariffs-trudeau.html", "outlet": "CNBC", "published": "2025-02-03", "quote": "Trudeau said Canada had made new commitments \"to appoint a Fentanyl Czar.\"" } ] }, { "id": 830, "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-canada-trade-war#n830", "date": "2025-03-04", "date_precision": "day", "title": "The tariffs take effect; Canada's first C$30 billion of counter-tariffs start the next morning", "summary": "When the pause ran out, the 25 percent tariff and the 10 percent energy tariff took effect on March 4. Trudeau said less than 1 percent of fentanyl intercepted at the U.S. border came from Canada and that seizures had fallen 97 percent, and put the first C$30 billion tranche of counter-tariffs in place at 12:01 a.m. the next day, with the remaining C$125 billion to follow in 21 days.", "type": "regulatory", "entities": [ "Donald Trump", "Justin Trudeau" ], "parties": [ "donald-trump", "justin-trudeau" ], "published_at": "2026-09-10T07:39:35.969474+00:00", "note": "", "image": "", "image_credit": { "credit": "", "source_url": "", "image_url": "", "terms_url": "", "mode": "licensed", "photographer": "", "photographer_url": "", "photo_url": "", "license": "", "license_url": "" }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/statements/2025/03/03/statement-prime-minister-trudeau-on-unjustified-us-tariffs-against-canada", "outlet": "Prime Minister of Canada", "published": "2025-03-03", "quote": "Today, after a 30-day pause, the United States administration has decided to proceed with imposing 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian exports and 10 per cent tariffs on Canadian energy." }, { "url": "https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/statements/2025/03/03/statement-prime-minister-trudeau-on-unjustified-us-tariffs-against-canada", "outlet": "Prime Minister of Canada", "published": "2025-03-03", "quote": "Should American tariffs come into effect tonight, Canada will, effective 12:01 a.m. EST tomorrow, respond with 25 per cent tariffs against $155 billion of American goods – starting with tariffs on $30 billion worth of goods immediately, and tariffs on the remaining $125 billion on American products in 21 days’ time." }, { "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/03/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-proceeds-with-tariffs-on-imports-from-canada-and-mexico/", "outlet": "The White House", "published": "2025-03-03", "quote": "President Donald J. Trump is proceeding with implementing tariffs on Canada and Mexico under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) to combat the extraordinary threat to U.S. national security, including our public health posed by unchecked drug trafficking." } ] }, { "id": 831, "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-canada-trade-war#n831", "date": "2025-03-06", "date_precision": "day", "title": "Two days in, USMCA-compliant goods are exempted after the automakers call", "summary": "After Ford, GM and Stellantis executives lobbied the White House, Trump amended the orders so that goods qualifying for USMCA preference paid no tariff, energy and potash outside the agreement paid 10 percent, and everything else paid 25 percent. The exemption, which covered roughly 90 percent of Canadian exports, defined the shape of the fentanyl tariffs for the next year.", "type": "regulatory", "entities": [ "Donald Trump" ], "parties": [ "donald-trump" ], "published_at": "2026-09-10T07:39:35.969517+00:00", "note": "", "image": "", "image_credit": { "credit": "", "source_url": "", "image_url": "", "terms_url": "", "mode": "licensed", "photographer": "", "photographer_url": "", "photo_url": "", "license": "", "license_url": "" }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/03/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-adjusts-tariffs-on-canada-and-mexico-to-minimize-disruption-to-the-automotive-industry/", "outlet": "The White House", "published": "2025-03-06", "quote": "Today, President Donald J. Trump announced adjustments to tariffs imposed on imports from Canada and Mexico in recognition of the structure of the automotive supply chain that strives to bring production into America." }, { "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/03/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-adjusts-tariffs-on-canada-and-mexico-to-minimize-disruption-to-the-automotive-industry/", "outlet": "The White House", "published": "2025-03-06", "quote": "No tariffs on those goods from Canada and Mexico that claim and qualify for USMCA preference." } ] }, { "id": 832, "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-canada-trade-war#n832", "date": "2025-03-12", "date_precision": "day", "title": "Section 232 steel and aluminum tariffs hit; Canada matches with C$29.8 billion", "summary": "The restored 25 percent Section 232 tariffs on steel and aluminum applied to Canada, the largest supplier of both. Ottawa answered dollar for dollar from March 13 with 25 percent tariffs on C$12.6 billion of steel, C$3 billion of aluminum and C$14.2 billion of other goods including tools, computers and sports equipment, on top of the C$30 billion already in force.", "type": "response", "entities": [ "Dominic LeBlanc", "Mélanie Joly", "François-Philippe Champagne" ], "parties": [ "dominic-leblanc", "m-lanie-joly", "fran-ois-philippe-champagne" ], "published_at": "2026-09-10T07:39:35.969556+00:00", "note": "", "image": "", "image_credit": { "credit": "", "source_url": "", "image_url": "", "terms_url": "", "mode": "licensed", "photographer": "", "photographer_url": "", "photo_url": "", "license": "", "license_url": "" }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2025/03/canada-responds-to-unjustified-us-tariffs-on-canadian-steel-and-aluminum-products.html", "outlet": "Department of Finance Canada", "published": "2025-03-12", "quote": "Following a dollar-for-dollar approach, Canada is imposing, as of 12:01 am, March 13, 2025, 25 per cent reciprocal tariffs on a list of steel products worth $12.6 billion and aluminum products worth $3 billion, as well as additional imported U.S. goods worth $14.2 billion, for a total of $29.8 billion." } ] }, { "id": 833, "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-canada-trade-war#n833", "date": "2025-03-27", "date_precision": "day", "title": "Carney: the old relationship with the United States 'is over'", "summary": "The day after Trump announced 25 percent tariffs on imported vehicles, new Prime Minister Mark Carney told reporters after a cabinet meeting that the relationship built on deepening economic integration and security cooperation was over, that the United States was no longer a reliable partner, and that Canada would have to dramatically reduce its reliance on it. The line became the frame for his election campaign and his government's trade strategy.", "type": "announcement", "entities": [ "Mark Carney", "Donald Trump" ], "parties": [ "mark-carney", "donald-trump" ], "published_at": "2026-09-10T07:39:35.969599+00:00", "note": "", "image": "", "image_credit": { "credit": "", "source_url": "", "image_url": "", "terms_url": "", "mode": "licensed", "photographer": "", "photographer_url": "", "photo_url": "", "license": "", "license_url": "" }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/27/americas/canada-trump-tariffs-response-latam-intl", "outlet": "CNN", "published": "2025-03-27", "quote": "“The old relationship we had with the United States based on deepening integration of our economies and tight security and military cooperation is over,” he said." }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/27/americas/canada-trump-tariffs-response-latam-intl", "outlet": "CNN", "published": "2025-03-27", "quote": "Canada will have to “dramatically reduce” its reliance on the United States as the two countries’ relationship darkens, Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney warned on Thursday, adding that the old bilateral relationship was “over.”" } ] }, { "id": 834, "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-canada-trade-war#n834", "date": "2025-04-09", "date_precision": "day", "title": "Canada's 25 percent counter-tariffs on U.S. vehicles take effect", "summary": "Six days after the U.S. auto tariffs began, Canada's mirror measure came into force: 25 percent on fully assembled vehicles from the United States that do not meet USMCA rules, and 25 percent on the non-Canadian, non-Mexican content of vehicles that do, with a remission framework for automakers that kept production in Canada. Carney had announced the response on April 3, the day the U.S. tariff started.", "type": "response", "entities": [ "François-Philippe Champagne", "Mark Carney" ], "parties": [ "fran-ois-philippe-champagne", "mark-carney" ], "published_at": "2026-09-10T07:39:35.969638+00:00", "note": "", "image": "", "image_credit": { "credit": "", "source_url": "", "image_url": "", "terms_url": "", "mode": "licensed", "photographer": "", "photographer_url": "", "photo_url": "", "license": "", "license_url": "" }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2025/04/canada-announces-entry-into-force-of-countermeasures-against-auto-imports-from-the-united-states.html", "outlet": "Department of Finance Canada", "published": "2025-04-08", "quote": "The Minister of Finance, the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, today confirmed that Canada’s new countermeasures announced last week in response to the unjustified tariffs imposed by the United States on the Canadian auto industry will come into force at 12:01 a.m. on April 9." } ] }, { "id": 835, "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-canada-trade-war#n835", "date": "2025-05-06", "date_precision": "day", "title": "In the Oval Office, Carney tells Trump Canada 'won't be for sale ever'; Trump: 'never say never'", "summary": "A week after winning the election on an anti-Trump platform, Carney sat beside Trump for a cordial but pointed first meeting. Trump said there was nothing Carney could say to make him lift the tariffs, and that morning had posted that the United States was subsidizing Canada by $200 billion a year and did not need its cars, energy or lumber.", "type": "announcement", "entities": [ "Mark Carney", "Donald Trump" ], "parties": [ "mark-carney", "donald-trump" ], "published_at": "2026-09-10T07:39:35.969676+00:00", "note": "", "image": "", "image_credit": { "credit": "", "source_url": "", "image_url": "", "terms_url": "", "mode": "licensed", "photographer": "", "photographer_url": "", "photo_url": "", "license": "", "license_url": "" }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/06/trump-canada-carney-tariffs-trade.html", "outlet": "CNBC", "published": "2025-05-06", "quote": "Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney told President Donald Trump on Tuesday that his country will never be for sale, shutting down the U.S. president's repeated calls to make Canada the 51st state." }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2025/05/06/trump-canada-carney-tariffs-trade.html", "outlet": "CNBC", "published": "2025-05-06", "quote": "Canada is \"not for sale\" and \"won't be for sale ever,\" the prime minister said. Trump replied: \"Never say never.\"" } ] }, { "id": 836, "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-canada-trade-war#n836", "date": "2025-06-04", "date_precision": "day", "title": "Steel and aluminum tariffs double to 50 percent", "summary": "Trump's proclamation raised the Section 232 tariff on steel and aluminum from 25 to 50 percent, with only the United Kingdom left at 25 percent. For Canada, which ships more of both metals to the United States than any other country, the rate made much of that trade uneconomic, and it stayed at 50 percent through every later negotiation.", "type": "regulatory", "entities": [ "Donald Trump" ], "parties": [ "donald-trump" ], "published_at": "2026-09-10T07:39:35.969713+00:00", "note": "", "image": "", "image_credit": { "credit": "", "source_url": "", "image_url": "", "terms_url": "", "mode": "licensed", "photographer": "", "photographer_url": "", "photo_url": "", "license": "", "license_url": "" }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/06/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-increases-section-232-tariffs-on-steel-and-aluminum/", "outlet": "The White House", "published": "2025-06-03", "quote": "President Trump is raising the tariff on steel and aluminum imports from 25% to 50%, with the higher tariff set to go into effect on June 4, 2025." } ] }, { "id": 837, "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-canada-trade-war#n837", "date": "2025-06-29", "date_precision": "day", "title": "Canada scraps its digital services tax two days after Trump ends talks over it", "summary": "On June 27 Trump said he was terminating all trade discussions with Canada over the 3 percent digital services tax on U.S. tech companies, due for its first collection on June 30. On June 29 Finance Minister François-Philippe Champagne rescinded the tax, and the two leaders agreed to resume negotiations toward a deal by July 21, the deadline set at the G7 summit in Kananaskis.", "type": "response", "entities": [ "François-Philippe Champagne", "Mark Carney", "Donald Trump" ], "parties": [ "fran-ois-philippe-champagne", "mark-carney", "donald-trump" ], "published_at": "2026-09-10T07:39:35.969750+00:00", "note": "", "image": "", "image_credit": { "credit": "", "source_url": "", "image_url": "", "terms_url": "", "mode": "licensed", "photographer": "", "photographer_url": "", "photo_url": "", "license": "", "license_url": "" }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2025/06/canada-rescinds-digital-services-tax-to-advance-broader-trade-negotiations-with-the-united-states.html", "outlet": "Department of Finance Canada", "published": "2025-06-29", "quote": "To support those negotiations, the Minister of Finance and National Revenue, the Honourable François-Philippe Champagne, announced today that Canada would rescind the Digital Services Tax (DST) in anticipation of a mutually beneficial comprehensive trade arrangement with the United States. Consistent with this action, Prime Minister Carney and President Trump have agreed that parties will resume negotiations with a view towards agreeing on a deal by July 21, 2025." }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/11/trump-announces-35percent-tariffs-on-canada-starting-aug-1.html", "outlet": "CNBC", "published": "2025-07-11", "quote": "Trump had threatened to end all trade discussions with Canada, one of its largest trading partners, over Ottawa's \"digital services tax\" on American firms. Canada withdrew that tax in order to restart trade talks with Washington." } ] }, { "id": 838, "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-canada-trade-war#n838", "date": "2025-07-10", "date_precision": "day", "title": "Trump's letter to Carney: 35 percent from August 1, more if Canada retaliates", "summary": "Instead of the July 21 deal, Carney got a letter posted to Truth Social raising the fentanyl tariff to 35 percent from August 1, citing Canada's retaliation and its dairy and other trade barriers. Trump warned that any Canadian increase would be added to the 35 percent. Carney replied that Canada had made vital progress on fentanyl and would keep defending its workers toward the new deadline.", "type": "announcement", "entities": [ "Donald Trump", "Mark Carney" ], "parties": [ "donald-trump", "mark-carney" ], "published_at": "2026-09-10T07:39:35.969790+00:00", "note": "", "image": "", "image_credit": { "credit": "", "source_url": "", "image_url": "", "terms_url": "", "mode": "licensed", "photographer": "", "photographer_url": "", "photo_url": "", "license": "", "license_url": "" }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/11/trump-announces-35percent-tariffs-on-canada-starting-aug-1.html", "outlet": "CNBC", "published": "2025-07-11", "quote": "U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday raised tariffs on Canadian imports to 35%, effective Aug. 1, complaining that Ottawa had retaliated with duties against Washington." }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2025/07/11/trump-announces-35percent-tariffs-on-canada-starting-aug-1.html", "outlet": "CNBC", "published": "2025-07-11", "quote": "\"If for any reason you decide to raise your Tariffs, then, whatever the number you choose to raise them by, will be added onto the 35% that we charge,\" Trump said Thursday." } ] }, { "id": 839, "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-canada-trade-war#n839", "date": "2025-07-31", "date_precision": "day", "title": "The 35 percent order is signed; USMCA goods stay exempt and transshipment pays 40 percent", "summary": "With no deal by August 1, Trump signed the executive order lifting the IEEPA tariff on non-USMCA Canadian goods from 25 to 35 percent, citing continued fentanyl flows and Canada's retaliation. Goods qualifying under USMCA remained exempt, which kept the practical hit far smaller than the headline rate, and goods transshipped to evade the tariff faced 40 percent.", "type": "regulatory", "entities": [ "Donald Trump" ], "parties": [ "donald-trump" ], "published_at": "2026-09-10T07:39:35.969828+00:00", "note": "", "image": "", "image_credit": { "credit": "", "source_url": "", "image_url": "", "terms_url": "", "mode": "licensed", "photographer": "", "photographer_url": "", "photo_url": "", "license": "", "license_url": "" }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/07/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-amends-duties-to-address-the-flow-of-illicit-drugs-across-our-northern-border", "outlet": "The White House", "published": "2025-07-31", "quote": "Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order increasing the tariff on Canada from 25% to 35%, with the higher tariff set to go into effect on August 1, 2025." }, { "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2025/07/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-amends-duties-to-address-the-flow-of-illicit-drugs-across-our-northern-border", "outlet": "The White House", "published": "2025-07-31", "quote": "Goods qualifying for preferential tariff treatment under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) continue to remain not subject to the IEEPA Canada tariffs. Goods transshipped to evade the 35% tariff will be subject, instead, to a transshipment tariff of 40%." } ] }, { "id": 840, "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-canada-trade-war#n840", "date": "2025-08-22", "date_precision": "day", "title": "Carney drops the counter-tariffs on USMCA goods from September 1, keeping steel, aluminum and autos", "summary": "After a call with Trump, Carney announced Canada would match the U.S. exemption by removing its tariffs on American goods covered by USMCA, saying the two countries had re-established free trade for the vast majority of goods and that Canada had the best deal of any U.S. partner. The steel, aluminum and auto counter-tariffs stayed. Critics asked whether 'elbows up' had become folding; the White House called the move long overdue.", "type": "response", "entities": [ "Mark Carney", "Donald Trump" ], "parties": [ "mark-carney", "donald-trump" ], "published_at": "2026-09-10T07:39:35.969865+00:00", "note": "", "image": "", "image_credit": { "credit": "", "source_url": "", "image_url": "", "terms_url": "", "mode": "licensed", "photographer": "", "photographer_url": "", "photo_url": "", "license": "", "license_url": "" }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/22/canada-to-ease-most-retaliatory-tariffs-against-united-states", "outlet": "Al Jazeera", "published": "2025-08-22", "quote": "“In this context and consistent with Canada’s commitment to USMCA, I am announcing today that the Canadian government will now match the United States by removing all of Canada’s tariffs on US goods specifically covered under USMCA,” said Carney, noting that the change would take effect on September 1." }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/8/22/canada-to-ease-most-retaliatory-tariffs-against-united-states", "outlet": "Al Jazeera", "published": "2025-08-22", "quote": "Some tariffs on sectors such as steel, aluminium, and cars will remain in place." } ] }, { "id": 841, "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-canada-trade-war#n841", "date": "2025-10-23", "date_precision": "day", "title": "Trump terminates talks over Ontario's Reagan ad", "summary": "Ontario Premier Doug Ford's government had spent C$75 million to run a U.S. television ad built from Ronald Reagan's 1987 radio address against tariffs. Late on October 23, after the Reagan Foundation complained the speech was edited without permission, Trump posted that all trade negotiations with Canada were terminated, accusing Canada of a fraudulent ad meant to sway the Supreme Court's pending tariff case.", "type": "announcement", "entities": [ "Donald Trump", "Doug Ford", "Ontario", "Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute" ], "parties": [ "donald-trump", "doug-ford", "ontario", "ronald-reagan-presidential-foundation-and-institute" ], "published_at": "2026-09-10T07:39:35.969902+00:00", "note": "", "image": "", "image_credit": { "credit": "", "source_url": "", "image_url": "", "terms_url": "", "mode": "licensed", "photographer": "", "photographer_url": "", "photo_url": "", "license": "", "license_url": "" }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/24/trump-canada-trade-reagan.html", "outlet": "CNBC", "published": "2025-10-24", "quote": "Trump late Thursday night cited a complaint about the ad by The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation and Institute for his decision to end talks." }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2025/10/24/trump-canada-trade-reagan.html", "outlet": "CNBC", "published": "2025-10-24", "quote": "\"TARIFFS ARE VERY IMPORTANT TO THE NATIONAL SECURITY, AND ECONOMY, OF THE U.S.A. Based on their egregious behavior, ALL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CANADA ARE HEREBY TERMINATED,\" Trump wrote in a Truth Social post." } ] }, { "id": 842, "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-canada-trade-war#n842", "date": "2025-10-25", "date_precision": "day", "title": "Another 10 percent 'over and above' after the ad airs during the World Series", "summary": "Ford agreed to pull the ad from Monday but let it run through the weekend's World Series games between the Dodgers and the Blue Jays. From Air Force One on the way to Asia, Trump announced a further 10 percent tariff on Canada on top of existing rates. Trade minister Dominic LeBlanc said Canada still hoped for constructive discussions.", "type": "announcement", "entities": [ "Donald Trump", "Doug Ford", "Dominic LeBlanc" ], "parties": [ "donald-trump", "doug-ford", "dominic-leblanc" ], "published_at": "2026-09-10T07:39:35.969940+00:00", "note": "", "image": "", "image_credit": { "credit": "", "source_url": "", "image_url": "", "terms_url": "", "mode": "licensed", "photographer": "", "photographer_url": "", "photo_url": "", "license": "", "license_url": "" }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/25/business/trump-tariffs-canada-reagan", "outlet": "CNN", "published": "2025-10-25", "quote": "President Donald Trump said Saturday he is increasing the tariff on Canada by 10% over current levels, further escalating trade tensions over what he called a “fake” ad that featured parts of an anti-tariff speech by former President Ronald Reagan in 1987." }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2025/10/25/business/trump-tariffs-canada-reagan", "outlet": "CNN", "published": "2025-10-25", "quote": "Ontario Premier Doug Ford said Friday that he spoke with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, and that the US ad campaign would pause on Monday “so that trade talks can resume.”" } ] }, { "id": 843, "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-canada-trade-war#n843", "date": "2026-01-24", "date_precision": "day", "title": "Trump threatens 100 percent tariffs over Canada's China deal; Carney says there is no free-trade agreement", "summary": "Days after Carney's Davos speech about middle powers and economic coercion, and after Ottawa and Beijing agreed to lower tariffs on Chinese EVs and Canadian canola, Trump posted that 'Governor Carney' would not make Canada a drop-off port for China and threatened 100 percent tariffs if Canada made a deal. Carney said Canada had no intention of pursuing a free-trade agreement with China and that the arrangement was consistent with CUSMA.", "type": "announcement", "entities": [ "Donald Trump", "Mark Carney" ], "parties": [ "donald-trump", "mark-carney" ], "published_at": "2026-09-10T07:39:35.969980+00:00", "note": "", "image": "", "image_credit": { "credit": "", "source_url": "", "image_url": "", "terms_url": "", "mode": "licensed", "photographer": "", "photographer_url": "", "photo_url": "", "license": "", "license_url": "" }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/24/business/trump-canada-tariff-threat", "outlet": "CNN", "published": "2026-01-24", "quote": "President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to slap 100% tariffs on Canadian imports if America’s second-biggest trading partner makes a trade deal with China." }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/24/business/trump-canada-tariff-threat", "outlet": "CNN", "published": "2026-01-24", "quote": "Earlier this month, Carney met with Chinese President Xi Jinping on his turf, where they formed a “new strategic partnership,” with Canada easing tariffs on Chinese EVs and allowing up to 49,000 Chinese electric vehicles into its market annually." }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/26/canada-china-trade-deal-tariffs-trump.html", "outlet": "CNBC", "published": "2026-01-26", "quote": "Canada has \"no intention\" of pursuing a free trade deal with China, Prime Minister Mark Carney said, after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to slap punitive tariffs on Ottawa." } ] }, { "id": 844, "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-canada-trade-war#n844", "date": "2026-01-29", "date_precision": "day", "title": "Bombardier enters the war: Trump threatens to decertify Canadian-built aircraft and a 50 percent tariff over Gulfstream", "summary": "Trump posted that he was decertifying Bombardier's Global Express jets and all aircraft made in Canada until Canada certified Gulfstream's newest planes, and would charge 50 percent on any aircraft sold into the United States if the situation was not corrected. Bombardier shares fell 9 percent the next morning; a White House official said planes already in service were not affected.", "type": "announcement", "entities": [ "Donald Trump", "Bombardier", "Gulfstream Aerospace" ], "parties": [ "donald-trump", "bombardier", "gulfstream-aerospace" ], "published_at": "2026-09-10T07:39:35.970018+00:00", "note": "", "image": "", "image_credit": { "credit": "", "source_url": "", "image_url": "", "terms_url": "", "mode": "licensed", "photographer": "", "photographer_url": "", "photo_url": "", "license": "", "license_url": "" }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/1/30/bombardier-stock-dives-on-trump-threats-of-50-tariff-on-canadian-planes", "outlet": "Al Jazeera (Reuters)", "published": "2026-01-30", "quote": "Shares of Canadian aeroplane maker Bombardier have plunged after United States President Donald Trump threatened to decertify the private jet maker’s large-cabin planes “and all Aircraft made in Canada”, and slap 50 percent import tariffs on new planes until Canada certified the latest aircraft produced by US rival Gulfstream." }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2026/1/30/bombardier-stock-dives-on-trump-threats-of-50-tariff-on-canadian-planes", "outlet": "Al Jazeera (Reuters)", "published": "2026-01-30", "quote": "“If, for any reason, this situation is not immediately corrected, I am going to charge Canada a 50% Tariff on any and all aircraft sold into the United States of America,” Trump said in a post on Truth Social." } ] }, { "id": 845, "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-canada-trade-war#n845", "date": "2026-02-20", "date_precision": "day", "title": "The Supreme Court strikes down the IEEPA tariffs; the 35 percent goes, a Section 122 surcharge and the 232 tariffs stay", "summary": "In Learning Resources v. Trump the Court held 6 to 3 that IEEPA does not authorize tariffs, ending the 35 percent fentanyl tariff on non-USMCA goods and the 10 percent energy rate. The relief for Canada was limited: about 90 percent of its exports were already exempt, the Section 232 tariffs on steel, aluminum, autos and lumber were untouched, and Trump replaced the lost tariffs with a Section 122 global surcharge from February 24 that exempted CUSMA-compliant goods.", "type": "legal", "entities": [ "Supreme Court", "Donald Trump" ], "parties": [ "supreme-court", "donald-trump" ], "published_at": "2026-09-10T07:39:35.970055+00:00", "note": "Official source added: https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/02/imposing-a-temporary-import-surcharge-to-address-fundamental-international-payments-problems/", "image": "", "image_credit": { "credit": "", "source_url": "", "image_url": "", "terms_url": "", "mode": "licensed", "photographer": "", "photographer_url": "", "photo_url": "", "license": "", "license_url": "" }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.osler.com/en/insights/updates/u-s-supreme-court-strikes-down-ieepa-tariffs-but-global-tariff-introduced/", "outlet": "Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt", "published": "2026-02", "quote": "On February 20, the U.S. Supreme Court determined that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) does not authorize the President to impose tariffs. The 6-3 decision in Learning Resources Inc., et al. v." }, { "url": "https://www.osler.com/en/insights/updates/u-s-supreme-court-strikes-down-ieepa-tariffs-but-global-tariff-introduced/", "outlet": "Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt", "published": "2026-02", "quote": "President Trump has already imposed under another legal instrument (Section 122 of the Trade Act of 1974), a global tariff on imports, effective February 24, 2026." }, { "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/02/imposing-a-temporary-import-surcharge-to-address-fundamental-international-payments-problems/", "outlet": "The White House", "published": "2026-02-20", "quote": "Accordingly, I impose, for a period of 150 days, a temporary import surcharge of 10 percent ad valorem, as described below, on articles imported into the United States, effective February 24, 2026." } ] }, { "id": 1295, "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-canada-trade-war#n1295", "date": "2026-04-16", "date_precision": "day", "title": "Ontario expands eligibility for tariff-support programs", "summary": "The Government of Ontario expanded eligibility for the Protect Ontario Financing Program and the Ontario Together Trade Fund. The expansion was announced in response to the latest United States actions affecting Ontario workers and businesses.", "type": "announcement", "entities": [ "Government of Ontario", "United States", "Protect Ontario Financing Program", "Ontario Together Trade Fund" ], "parties": [ "government-of-ontario", "united-states", "protect-ontario-financing-program", "ontario-together-trade-fund" ], "published_at": "2026-09-15T03:13:39.893641+00:00", "note": "Date corrected from 2026-09-10 to 2026-04-16. The page states that Ontario is expanding eligibility for the Protect Ontario Financing Program and Ontario Together Trade Fund in response to U.S. actions, and the quoted text appears in the page. The page’s published date is April 16, 2026, not September 10, 2026.", "image": "", "image_credit": { "credit": "", "source_url": "", "image_url": "", "terms_url": "", "mode": "licensed", "photographer": "", "photographer_url": "", "photo_url": "", "license": "", "license_url": "" }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://news.ontario.ca/en/backgrounder/1007992/ontario-expanding-eligibility-for-tariff-support-programs", "outlet": "Government of Ontario", "published": "2026-09-10", "quote": "“In response to the United States government’s latest actions targeting Ontario workers and businesses, the Ontario government is expanding eligibility under the Protect Ontario Financing Program (POFP) and the Ontario Together Trade Fund (OTTF) to protect jobs in tariff-impacted sectors.”" } ] }, { "id": 846, "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-canada-trade-war#n846", "date": "2026-07-01", "date_precision": "day", "title": "USMCA joint review: the United States declines to renew the agreement", "summary": "At the six-year review required by the agreement, the three countries met virtually and the United States refused to confirm a 16-year extension, leaving USMCA in force but on annual reviews and putting its future on the negotiating table. Canada and Mexico both backed extension. Greer said the U.S. would keep working with both to address the agreement's shortcomings and the trade deficits.", "type": "regulatory", "entities": [ "Jamieson Greer", "Office of the United States Trade Representative" ], "parties": [ "jamieson-greer", "office-of-the-united-states-trade-representative" ], "published_at": "2026-09-10T07:39:35.970092+00:00", "note": "", "image": "", "image_credit": { "credit": "", "source_url": "", "image_url": "", "terms_url": "", "mode": "licensed", "photographer": "", "photographer_url": "", "photo_url": "", "license": "", "license_url": "" }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://ustr.gov/about/policy-offices/press-office/press-releases/2026/july/ambassador-greer-issues-statement-usmca-joint-review", "outlet": "Office of the U.S. Trade Representative", "published": "2026-07-01", "quote": "In accordance with the Agreement, the United States, Mexico, and Canada met virtually today to discuss the operation of the USMCA. The United States did not agree to renew the USMCA in its current form. As a result, the USMCA is not renewed. The United States will continue to engage with Mexico and Canada to address the Agreement’s shortcomings and our trade deficits with these countries." } ] }, { "id": 847, "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-canada-trade-war#n847", "date": "2026-07-20", "date_precision": "day", "title": "Section 338, unused since 1930: three proclamations for 50 percent tariffs on autos, alcohol and dairy-linked goods", "summary": "Trump revived Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, which lets a president impose up to 50 percent duties on a country that discriminates against U.S. commerce, and signed three proclamations targeting Canada's auto tariffs and quotas, the provincial bans on American alcohol and the cheese tariff-rate quotas. Unlike the fentanyl tariffs, the duties applied regardless of USMCA origin, covering goods from wine to hockey sticks to cement, and were to take effect in 30 days. Carney said Canada had merely matched U.S. measures and was ready to intensify talks.", "type": "regulatory", "entities": [ "Donald Trump", "Mark Carney" ], "parties": [ "donald-trump", "mark-carney" ], "published_at": "2026-09-10T07:39:35.970130+00:00", "note": "", "image": "", "image_credit": { "credit": "", "source_url": "", "image_url": "", "terms_url": "", "mode": "licensed", "photographer": "", "photographer_url": "", "photo_url": "", "license": "", "license_url": "" }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2026/07/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-imposes-additional-tariffs-on-canada/", "outlet": "The White House", "published": "2026-07-20", "quote": "Today, President Donald J. Trump signed three Proclamations pursuant to Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to impose additional 50% tariffs on certain goods of Canada in response to Canada’s discriminatory treatment of American products." }, { "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2026/07/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-imposes-additional-tariffs-on-canada/", "outlet": "The White House", "published": "2026-07-20", "quote": "These Section 338 tariffs apply to all covered goods regardless of whether a good originates under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). These Section 338 tariffs will not apply to energy, potash, products subject to tariffs under Section 232, and certain other goods, such as fish or critical minerals." }, { "url": "https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/statements/2026/07/20/statement-prime-minister-carney-united-states-administrations-intention", "outlet": "Prime Minister of Canada", "published": "2026-07-20", "quote": "These include tariffs on the Canadian auto sector, in violation of CUSMA. Canada, as is its right, has merely matched those measures. More broadly, in response to these measures and threats to Canadian sovereignty, provinces, territories, and Canadians from coast to coast to coast have stood together, taking the necessary actions to support our economy and defend our workers, farmers, businesses, and families." } ] }, { "id": 848, "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-canada-trade-war#n848", "date": "2026-08-18", "date_precision": "day", "title": "Two hours before the deadline, Trump pauses the tariffs three days: 'we have a DEAL!'", "summary": "With the 50 percent duties due at 12:01 a.m. on August 19, Trump posted that they were paused for three days because the two countries had a deal subject to finalizing documents. A proclamation said Canada had committed to remove the alcohol, dairy and vehicle measures. Carney's statement said substantial progress had been made with important work still to do, and confirmed the postponement to end of day August 21.", "type": "delay", "entities": [ "Donald Trump", "Mark Carney", "Dominic LeBlanc" ], "parties": [ "donald-trump", "mark-carney", "dominic-leblanc" ], "published_at": "2026-09-10T07:39:35.970166+00:00", "note": "", "image": "", "image_credit": { "credit": "", "source_url": "", "image_url": "", "terms_url": "", "mode": "licensed", "photographer": "", "photographer_url": "", "photo_url": "", "license": "", "license_url": "" }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/trump-says-us-and-canada-reached-last-minute-deal-to-delay-50-us-tariffs-on-canadian-imports", "outlet": "PBS News (Associated Press)", "published": "2026-08-19", "quote": "President Donald Trump said Tuesday he was delaying the 50% U.S. tariffs on $20 billion worth of Canadian imports after the two countries reached a last-minute deal less than two hours before the sanctions were to go into effect." }, { "url": "https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/trump-says-us-and-canada-reached-last-minute-deal-to-delay-50-us-tariffs-on-canadian-imports", "outlet": "PBS News (Associated Press)", "published": "2026-08-19", "quote": "\"I have paused the 50% Tariffs against Canada, that were scheduled to kick in tomorrow morning for a three day period, based on the fact that Canada and the U.S.A., subject to the finalization of documents, have a DEAL!\"" }, { "url": "https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/statements/2026/08/18/statement-prime-minister-carney-ongoing-canada-us-trade-negotiations", "outlet": "Prime Minister of Canada", "published": "2026-08-18", "quote": "Substantial progress has been made, although there is important work still to be done. As this work is ongoing, the United States has agreed to postpone the implementation of its 50% tariff on a range of Canadian goods under Section 338 of the U.S. Tariff Act of 1930 until end of day, August 21." } ] }, { "id": 849, "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-canada-trade-war#n849", "date": "2026-08-21", "date_precision": "day", "title": "Talks collapse at the deadline: Carney walks away from 'a bad deal'; Greer says Canada declined to finalize", "summary": "Minutes before midnight Carney suspended negotiations and recalled his team, saying last-minute U.S. changes were unfair and uneconomic. He later named the sticking points: no tariff relief for trucks and a dispute over Canadian content in vehicles, U.S. language restricting Canada's other trade deals, and demands touching French-language and cultural protections. Greer said the deal on the table cut steel, aluminum, auto and lumber tariffs and that Canada had walked back commitments.", "type": "announcement", "entities": [ "Mark Carney", "Jamieson Greer", "Dominic LeBlanc" ], "parties": [ "mark-carney", "jamieson-greer", "dominic-leblanc" ], "published_at": "2026-09-10T07:39:35.970202+00:00", "note": "", "image": "", "image_credit": { "credit": "", "source_url": "", "image_url": "", "terms_url": "", "mode": "licensed", "photographer": "", "photographer_url": "", "photo_url": "", "license": "", "license_url": "" }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/statements/2026/08/21/statement-prime-minister-carney-canada-us-trade-negotiations", "outlet": "Prime Minister of Canada", "published": "2026-08-21", "quote": "As a result, this evening, I have decided to suspend trade negotiations with the U.S. and have directed Canada’s negotiators to return to Ottawa." }, { "url": "https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/statements/2026/08/21/statement-prime-minister-carney-canada-us-trade-negotiations", "outlet": "Prime Minister of Canada", "published": "2026-08-21", "quote": "However, last-minute changes in the U.S. proposed terms were unfair, uneconomic, and called into question the reliability of any deal." }, { "url": "https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/21/economy/us-canada-trade", "outlet": "CNN", "published": "2026-08-22", "quote": "“Canada declined to finalize the trade deal under the terms agreed earlier this week,” US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said early Saturday in a post on X. He said the deal included “significant tariff reductions on steel, aluminum, autos, and lumber,” as well as “a historic economic and national security partnership.” “Despite the U.S. offer to Canada to receive the best treatment of any major exporter to our market, new demands and walk backs of other commitments by Canada have upended the careful balance reached in the past days,” Greer said." }, { "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12031459/united-states-canada-trade-talks-issues/", "outlet": "Global News", "published": "2026-08-22", "quote": "The prime minister said Saturday the two sides disagreed over “the treatment of Canadian content” in vehicles, while the United States was only willing to agree to a trade deal on cars and would not extend it to medium or heavy vehicles like trucks." }, { "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12031459/united-states-canada-trade-talks-issues/", "outlet": "Global News", "published": "2026-08-22", "quote": "“The U.S. introduced, in the last hours, efforts to restrict our ability to have other trade deals,” Carney said Saturday." } ] }, { "id": 850, "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-canada-trade-war#n850", "date": "2026-08-22", "date_precision": "day", "title": "50 percent tariffs take effect on about $20 billion of Canadian goods; Carney: 'they asked too much and offered too little'", "summary": "The Section 338 duties started at midnight on roughly $20 billion of exports including wine, furniture, dairy, cement, clothing and hockey equipment, about 4 percent of what Canada sells to the United States. At a press conference Carney promised dollar-for-dollar retaliation from September 8, concentrated in steel, dairy, appliances, farm equipment, pulp and paper and electronics, and when asked why it felt like going to war, said 'because we were attacked'. The Canadian dollar fell on Monday.", "type": "regulatory", "entities": [ "Mark Carney", "Donald Trump", "Jamieson Greer" ], "parties": [ "mark-carney", "donald-trump", "jamieson-greer" ], "published_at": "2026-09-10T07:39:35.970239+00:00", "note": "Official source added: https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2026/08/canada-announces-targeted-countermeasures-and-substantive-support-for-workers-and-businesses-in-response-to-us-tariffs.html", "image": "", "image_credit": { "credit": "", "source_url": "", "image_url": "", "terms_url": "", "mode": "licensed", "photographer": "", "photographer_url": "", "photo_url": "", "license": "", "license_url": "" }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/22/us-canada-trade-talks-collapse-ushering-in-wave-of-new-tariffs.html", "outlet": "CNBC", "published": "2026-08-22", "quote": "The U.S. imposed 50% tariffs on some Canadian products on Saturday after trade talks between the two countries fell apart on Friday." }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/22/us-canada-trade-talks-collapse-ushering-in-wave-of-new-tariffs.html", "outlet": "CNBC", "published": "2026-08-22", "quote": "\"They asked too much and offered too little,\" he said, adding that Canada had been willing to drop its remaining retaliatory tariffs on steel, aluminum and autos if the United States lowered its own." }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/trump-canada-tariffs-carney-rcna593510", "outlet": "NBC News", "published": "2026-08-22", "quote": "Asked at the news conference why it felt like Carney was “going to war,” the prime minister responded, “Because we were attacked.”" }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/08/24/canada-us-trade-war-deal.html", "outlet": "CNBC", "published": "2026-08-24", "quote": "The Canadian dollar dropped on Monday morning after trade talks between Ottawa and Washington fell apart, leaving both sides facing higher prices on a wide array of imported goods and threatening Canada's economic growth." }, { "url": "https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2026/08/canada-announces-targeted-countermeasures-and-substantive-support-for-workers-and-businesses-in-response-to-us-tariffs.html", "outlet": "Department of Finance Canada", "published": "2026-08-25", "quote": "Following the U.S. decision to impose a 50 per cent tariff on $27.6 billion of Canadian goods effective August 22, Minister Champagne confirmed today that Canada will match the new U.S. tariffs dollar for dollar, rate for rate, with additional Canadian tariffs on U.S. goods." } ] }, { "id": 851, "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-canada-trade-war#n851", "date": "2026-08-25", "date_precision": "day", "title": "Ottawa publishes the list: 15, 25 and 50 percent on C$27.6 billion of U.S. goods from September 8, plus C$7.5 billion in support", "summary": "Champagne set the counter-tariffs rate for rate against the U.S. Section 338 and 232 duties, covering C$27.6 billion of imports in steel, dairy, appliances, agricultural equipment, pulp and paper and electronics, and announced a C$7.5 billion package for affected workers and businesses on top of nearly C$25 billion provided since the tariffs began.", "type": "response", "entities": [ "François-Philippe Champagne", "Mélanie Joly" ], "parties": [ "fran-ois-philippe-champagne", "m-lanie-joly" ], "published_at": "2026-09-10T07:39:35.970274+00:00", "note": "", "image": "", "image_credit": { "credit": "", "source_url": "", "image_url": "", "terms_url": "", "mode": "licensed", "photographer": "", "photographer_url": "", "photo_url": "", "license": "", "license_url": "" }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2026/08/canada-announces-targeted-countermeasures-and-substantive-support-for-workers-and-businesses-in-response-to-us-tariffs.html", "outlet": "Department of Finance Canada", "published": "2026-08-25", "quote": "Effective September 8, Canada will impose counter-tariffs of 15, 25 and 50 per cent on products drawn from those targeted by U.S. Section 338 and Section 232 tariffs, with the rate for each product matching the corresponding U.S. rate. Canada's counter tariffs will apply to products covering $27.6 billion in imports from the U.S. and will focus on sectors such as steel, dairy, appliances, agricultural equipment, pulp and paper, and electronics, that are most impacted by U.S. tariffs." }, { "url": "https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2026/08/canada-announces-targeted-countermeasures-and-substantive-support-for-workers-and-businesses-in-response-to-us-tariffs.html", "outlet": "Department of Finance Canada", "published": "2026-08-25", "quote": "In addition, to support Canadian workers and businesses impacted by U.S. tariffs, the government is also introducing a $7.5 billion package of new and enhanced measures that deliver fast, simple and agile supports to Canadian workers and businesses, building on the nearly $25 billion in supports the government has provided since the implementation of the U.S. unjustified tariffs." } ] }, { "id": 855, "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-canada-trade-war#n855", "date": "2026-08-27", "date_precision": "day", "title": "Saskatchewan adds a 50 percent levy on American alcohol from September 8", "summary": "Saskatchewan, one of the provinces that had kept selling U.S. liquor, announced a 50 percent levy on American-produced alcohol ordered by retailers through the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority, effective September 8, the day the federal counter-tariffs began. Provincial alcohol restrictions were the stated basis for the U.S. Section 338 alcohol proclamation, and the September 8 U.S. fact sheet cited Canada's increased discrimination against U.S. alcohol in imposing the import bans.", "type": "announcement", "entities": [ "Government of Saskatchewan" ], "parties": [ "government-of-saskatchewan" ], "published_at": "2026-09-10T08:21:35.443576+00:00", "note": "The page is readable and was released on 2026-08-27. It states that a 50 per cent levy would apply effective 2026-09-08, including U.S.-produced alcohol ordered by retailers through the Saskatchewan Liquor and Gaming Authority online ordering system.", "image": "", "image_credit": { "credit": "", "source_url": "", "image_url": "", "terms_url": "", "mode": "licensed", "photographer": "", "photographer_url": "", "photo_url": "", "license": "", "license_url": "" }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.saskatchewan.ca/government/news-and-media/2026/august/27/saskatchewan-responds-to-us-trade-measures-with-levy-on-american-alcohol", "outlet": "Government of Saskatchewan", "published": "2026-08-27", "quote": "Any U.S. produced alcohol ordered by retailers as of that date will be subject to the 50 per cent levy." } ] }, { "id": 852, "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-canada-trade-war#n852", "date": "2026-09-07", "date_precision": "day", "title": "'NO MORE SELLING BOMBARDIER IN THE UNITED STATES!'", "summary": "On the eve of Canada's counter-tariffs, Trump posted that Bombardier could no longer sell in the United States unless it built there, saying more than half its revenue came from American buyers and that Canada had blocked Gulfstream. Bombardier replied that it employs people in more than 20 states and builds its jets with American engines and avionics; Senator Jerry Moran noted its 1,000-plus workers in Wichita. How a sales halt would be enforced, given that the FAA certifies aircraft, was unclear.", "type": "announcement", "entities": [ "Donald Trump", "Bombardier", "Gulfstream Aerospace" ], "parties": [ "donald-trump", "bombardier", "gulfstream-aerospace" ], "published_at": "2026-09-10T07:39:35.970310+00:00", "note": "", "image": "", "image_credit": { "credit": "", "source_url": "", "image_url": "", "terms_url": "", "mode": "licensed", "photographer": "", "photographer_url": "", "photo_url": "", "license": "", "license_url": "" }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/07/trump-bombardier-cant-sell-in-us-unless-canada-aerospace-giant-builds-there.html", "outlet": "CNBC", "published": "2026-09-07", "quote": "\"NO MORE SELLING BOMBARDIER IN THE UNITED STATES!\" Trump wrote on Truth Social on Monday. \"If they want our Market, they must build here, and stop treating America like a 'piggybank.'\" Bombardier in a statement to CNBC said that its workers are based all over the U.S., with direct employment in more than 20 states and sites in 10 states, including California, Texas and Arizona." }, { "url": "https://www.cnbc.com/2026/09/07/trump-bombardier-cant-sell-in-us-unless-canada-aerospace-giant-builds-there.html", "outlet": "CNBC", "published": "2026-09-07", "quote": "Bombardier in a statement to CNBC said that its workers are based all over the U.S., with direct employment in more than 20 states and sites in 10 states, including California, Texas and Arizona." }, { "url": "https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/9/7/trump-threatens-to-block-canadas-bombardier-sales-unless-planes-made-in-us", "outlet": "Al Jazeera (Reuters)", "published": "2026-09-07", "quote": "“Over 50% of their revenue comes from the United States — They live off American Buyers, American Companies, American Airports, and American Service,” Trump said on Monday." } ] }, { "id": 853, "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-canada-trade-war#n853", "date": "2026-09-08", "date_precision": "day", "title": "Canada's counter-tariffs take effect on C$27.6 billion of American goods; Carney warns of tough times", "summary": "The 15 to 50 percent duties on some 700 U.S. products started at 12:01 a.m., with U.S. steel, aluminum and iron, furniture, motorcycles and clothing in the 50 percent bracket and the 25 percent auto counter-tariff still in place. In a video address Carney said there is always a cost to action but it does not come close to the cost of standing still, and that the U.S. demands had shown Washington wanted Canada more dependent, not less.", "type": "response", "entities": [ "Mark Carney", "François-Philippe Champagne" ], "parties": [ "mark-carney", "fran-ois-philippe-champagne" ], "published_at": "2026-09-10T07:39:35.970346+00:00", "note": "", "image": "", "image_credit": { "credit": "", "source_url": "", "image_url": "", "terms_url": "", "mode": "licensed", "photographer": "", "photographer_url": "", "photo_url": "", "license": "", "license_url": "" }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/canada-retaliatory-tariffs-u-goods-111253721.html", "outlet": "Quartz (via Yahoo Finance)", "published": "2026-09-08", "quote": "Canada imposed counter-tariffs on $27.6 billion worth of American goods on Tuesday, with duties ranging from 15% to 50% across hundreds of product categories including steel, dairy, appliances, agricultural equipment, pulp and paper, and electronics. The measures took effect at 12:01 a.m." }, { "url": "https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/canada-retaliatory-tariffs-u-goods-111253721.html", "outlet": "Quartz (via Yahoo Finance)", "published": "2026-09-08", "quote": "Steel, aluminum, and iron products from the U.S. now face a 50% Canadian tariff, and furniture, motorcycles, clothing, and certain beauty products were likewise placed in the top-rate bracket, according to CNBC. Existing Canadian counter-tariffs on U.S. autos, including a 25% rate on that sector, remain in place." }, { "url": "https://www.wrvo.org/2026-09-08/carney-warns-canadians-of-tough-times-ahead-as-counter-tariffs-take-effect", "outlet": "WRVO Public Media", "published": "2026-09-08", "quote": "Just hours after Ottawa’s counter tariffs kicked in, Prime Minister Mark Carney warned Canadians of tough times ahead, during a video address to the nation. Carney told Canadians that there’s always a cost to action, but it doesn’t come close to the cost of standing still." }, { "url": "https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/programs/international-trade-finance-policy/canadas-response-us-tariffs/complete-list-us-products-subject-to-counter-tariffs.html", "outlet": "Department of Finance Canada", "published": "2026-09-08", "quote": "In certain sectors, such as steel and aluminum, existing counter-tariffs will increase from 25 per cent to 50 per cent to match U.S. rates." }, { "url": "https://www.quebec.ca/entreprises-et-travailleurs-autonomes/commerce/accords-commerciaux/tarifs-douaniers-americains/tarifs-mesures", "outlet": "Gouvernement du Québec", "published": "2026-09-08", "quote": "Depuis le 8 septembre 2026, les tarifs applicables à la plupart de ces produits ont été haussés à 50 %." } ] }, { "id": 854, "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-canada-trade-war#n854", "date": "2026-09-08", "date_precision": "day", "title": "Same day, Trump answers with import bans: Canadian alcohol, dairy and motorcycles barred from September 29", "summary": "Within hours of Canada's duties, Trump signed five more Section 338 proclamations. Because the provincial alcohol bans and the dairy quotas remained, the orders ban certain Canadian alcohol, dairy and other goods outright from September 29, mirroring the provincial bans on American liquor, and swap cement, road salt and hospital pads out of the 50 percent list for ATVs, more cheeses and motorboats from September 15. Officials said the threatened 50 percent tariff on Canadian cars and trucks from January 1 remained on the table.", "type": "regulatory", "entities": [ "Donald Trump" ], "parties": [ "donald-trump" ], "published_at": "2026-09-10T07:39:35.970386+00:00", "note": "", "image": "", "image_credit": { "credit": "", "source_url": "", "image_url": "", "terms_url": "", "mode": "licensed", "photographer": "", "photographer_url": "", "photo_url": "", "license": "", "license_url": "" }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2026/09/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-responds-to-canadas-retaliation/", "outlet": "The White House", "published": "2026-09-08", "quote": "Today, to address Canada’s increased discrimination against U.S. commerce, President Donald J. Trump signed five Proclamations pursuant to Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to ban certain products from Canada and modify the scope of the tariffs on certain Canadian products previously announced on July 20, 2026." }, { "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2026/09/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-responds-to-canadas-retaliation/", "outlet": "The White House", "published": "2026-09-08", "quote": "The import bans will take effect on September 29, 2026, and the product additions and removals will take effect on September 15, 2026." }, { "url": "https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/trump-escalates-trade-war-canada-moving-ban-import-autos-dairy-alcohol-rcna596666", "outlet": "NBC News", "published": "2026-09-08", "quote": "Tariffs on cement, road salt and hospital pads were removed and replaced with duties on all-terrain vehicles, some cheeses and motorboats. The import bans will go into effect in about three weeks — Sept. 29. A White House official also said on Tuesday’s call that Trump’s plan for 50% duties on cars and trucks remains on the table." } ] }, { "id": 856, "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-canada-trade-war#n856", "date": "2026-09-08", "date_precision": "day", "title": "Same day, Trump orders $50 billion of Canadian products off GSA procurement schedules", "summary": "Alongside the import bans, Trump directed the U.S. Trade Representative and the General Services Administration to remove Canadian-origin products from GSA's Multiple Award Schedules, the catalogue federal agencies buy from. USTR put the affected products at $50 billion and Trump posted that U.S. companies were barred from equivalent Canadian programs: no reciprocity, no access.", "type": "regulatory", "entities": [ "Donald Trump", "Office of the United States Trade Representative", "General Services Administration" ], "parties": [ "donald-trump", "office-of-the-united-states-trade-representative", "general-services-administration" ], "published_at": "2026-09-10T08:21:35.443576+00:00", "note": "The page is readable and dated September 08, 2026. It states that the President directed USTR and GSA to remove $50 billion worth of Canadian-origin products from GSA’s Multiple Award Schedules.", "image": "", "image_credit": { "credit": "", "source_url": "", "image_url": "", "terms_url": "", "mode": "licensed", "photographer": "", "photographer_url": "", "photo_url": "", "license": "", "license_url": "" }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.ustr.gov/about/policy-offices/press-office/press-releases/2026/september/ambassador-greer-issues-statement-president-trumps-response-canadas-continued-retaliation-against", "outlet": "United States Trade Representative", "published": "2026-09-08", "quote": "Additionally, the President has directed USTR (Office of the United States Trade Representative) and GSA (General Services Administration) to remove $50 billion dollars’ worth of Canadian-origin products from GSA’s Multiple Award Schedules." }, { "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2026/09/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-responds-to-canadas-retaliation/", "outlet": "The White House", "published": "2026-09-08", "quote": "Additionally, the President has directed the U.S. Trade Representative and the Administrator of the General Services Administration (GSA) to remove Canadian-origin products from GSA’s Multiple Award Schedules which manage over $50 billion in federal procurement." } ] }, { "id": 1294, "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-canada-trade-war#n1294", "date": "2026-09-10", "date_precision": "day", "title": "Carney signals restraint on further retaliation", "summary": "Mark Carney said Canada might hold off on further retaliation against the latest U.S. trade measures. The federal government was studying the tariffs and import bans while considering whether to adjust retaliatory tariffs.", "type": "response", "entities": [ "Mark Carney", "Donald Trump", "Government of Canada", "United States" ], "parties": [ "mark-carney", "donald-trump", "government-of-canada", "united-states" ], "published_at": "2026-09-15T03:13:39.893641+00:00", "note": "The page states that Carney signaled Canada may hold off on further retaliation, while the government studies the measures and considers its options. It was published September 10, 2026, and describes his comments as made Thursday.", "image": "", "image_credit": { "credit": "", "source_url": "", "image_url": "", "terms_url": "", "mode": "licensed", "photographer": "", "photographer_url": "", "photo_url": "", "license": "", "license_url": "" }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.local10.com/news/world/2026/09/10/carney-calls-trumps-latest-trade-measures-relatively-modest-signals-restraint/", "outlet": "Associated Press", "published": "2026-09-10", "quote": "“Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney signaled Thursday that Canada may hold off on further retaliation against U.S. President Donald Trump’s latest trade measures, calling them ‘relatively modest’ compared to earlier U.S. actions.”" }, { "url": "https://toronto.citynews.ca/2026/09/10/pm-carney-says-he-and-trump-have-talked-in-the-last-few-days/", "outlet": "The Canadian Press", "published": "2026-09-10", "quote": "“Prime Minister Mark Carney says the federal government is still studying the United States’ latest tariffs and import bans as it considers whether to adjust its own retaliatory tariffs.”" } ] }, { "id": 1296, "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-canada-trade-war#n1296", "date": "2026-09-10", "date_precision": "day", "title": "New Brunswick orders public sector to stop buying U.S. substitutes", "summary": "Susan Holt ordered New Brunswick's public sector to stop buying American products when Canadian substitutes are available. The order concerned provincial public-sector purchasing.", "type": "response", "entities": [ "Government of New Brunswick", "Susan Holt", "United States" ], "parties": [ "government-of-new-brunswick", "susan-holt", "united-states" ], "published_at": "2026-09-15T03:13:39.893641+00:00", "note": "The page states that Susan Holt ordered New Brunswick's public sector to stop buying American products when Canadian substitutes are available. It reports this in an article first published on September 10, 2026.", "image": "", "image_credit": { "credit": "", "source_url": "", "image_url": "", "terms_url": "", "mode": "licensed", "photographer": "", "photographer_url": "", "photo_url": "", "license": "", "license_url": "" }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://toronto.citynews.ca/2026/09/10/pm-carney-says-he-and-trump-have-talked-in-the-last-few-days/", "outlet": "The Canadian Press", "published": "2026-09-10", "quote": "“New Brunswick Premier Susan Holt has ordered the province’s public sector to stop buying American products when Canadian substitutes are available.”" } ] }, { "id": 1297, "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-canada-trade-war#n1297", "date": "2026-09-12", "date_precision": "day", "title": "Trump says a Canada-U.S. trade deal could come fairly soon", "summary": "Donald Trump said a trade deal with Canada could come fairly soon. Reporting said he gave no details on whether formal talks between the two economies had resumed.", "type": "response", "entities": [ "Donald Trump", "Canada", "United States" ], "parties": [ "donald-trump", "canada", "united-states" ], "published_at": "2026-09-15T03:13:39.893641+00:00", "note": "The page states that Trump said a Canada deal could come \"fairly soon\" and that he gave no details on whether formal talks had resumed. It is dated September 12, 2026.", "image": "", "image_credit": { "credit": "", "source_url": "", "image_url": "", "terms_url": "", "mode": "licensed", "photographer": "", "photographer_url": "", "photo_url": "", "license": "", "license_url": "" }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-says-us-canada-probably-102840273.html", "outlet": "Bloomberg News via Yahoo Finance", "published": "2026-09-12", "quote": "“President Donald Trump expressed optimism about resolving a trade war with Canada, saying that a deal could come ‘fairly soon,’ but provided no details into whether formal talks between the two economies had resumed.”" }, { "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12056734/eu-trump-ireland/", "outlet": "Global News", "published": "2026-09-12", "quote": "“When those things go away, and they’re willing to get rid of all of them, you’ll probably see a deal with Canada fairly soon.”" } ] }, { "id": 1298, "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-canada-trade-war#n1298", "date": "2026-09-14", "date_precision": "day", "title": "Carney welcomes Trump's comments and says Canada is ready to negotiate", "summary": "After Trump said a deal could come fairly soon, Carney said a mutually advantageous agreement remained possible, one respecting Canadian sovereignty and cultural institutions, and that Canada was ready to sit down and negotiate. He said he remained in regular contact with Trump and was open to re-engagement if the United States respected Canada's red lines.", "type": "response", "entities": [ "Mark Carney", "Donald Trump", "Government of Canada", "United States" ], "parties": [ "mark-carney", "donald-trump", "government-of-canada", "united-states" ], "published_at": "2026-09-15T03:13:39.893641+00:00", "note": "Re-sourced in review. The research cited a Bloomberg Law URL that now returns Page Not Found and an agency page whose body did not render; both quotes here are verbatim in BNN Bloomberg's September 14 report. The claim that the August collapse had clarified Canada's red lines was dropped as unverifiable from the sources that could be opened.", "image": "", "image_credit": { "credit": "", "source_url": "", "image_url": "", "terms_url": "", "mode": "licensed", "photographer": "", "photographer_url": "", "photo_url": "", "license": "", "license_url": "" }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/tariffs/2026/09/14/i-welcome-the-presidents-comments-pm-carney-responds-to-trump-update-on-canada-us-trade-deal/", "outlet": "BNN Bloomberg", "published": "2026-09-14", "quote": "\"We're ready to sit down and negotiate that and move it forward.\"" }, { "url": "https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/tariffs/2026/09/14/i-welcome-the-presidents-comments-pm-carney-responds-to-trump-update-on-canada-us-trade-deal/", "outlet": "BNN Bloomberg", "published": "2026-09-14", "quote": "Carney, however, said last week he remains in \"regular contact\" with Trump, signalling an openness to re-engagement if the U.S. respects red lines in the negotiations." } ] }, { "id": 1299, "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-canada-trade-war#n1299", "date": "2026-09-15", "date_precision": "day", "title": "Section 338 tariff-schedule revisions take effect", "summary": "Revisions to the Section 338 tariff schedule under the U.S. motor-vehicles proclamation took effect on September 15, 2026. The changes applied to goods entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after that date.", "type": "regulatory", "entities": [ "Donald Trump", "United States", "Canada", "U.S. Customs and Border Protection" ], "parties": [ "donald-trump", "united-states", "canada", "us-customs-and-border-protection" ], "published_at": "2026-09-15T03:13:39.893641+00:00", "note": "The proclamation states that modifications to the scope of products subject to the Section 338 duties, and corresponding HTSUS changes, are effective for goods entered for consumption or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption on or after 12:01 a.m. Eastern time on September 15, 2026.", "image": "", "image_credit": { "credit": "", "source_url": "", "image_url": "", "terms_url": "", "mode": "licensed", "photographer": "", "photographer_url": "", "photo_url": "", "license": "", "license_url": "" }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://public-inspection.federalregister.gov/2026-18839.pdf", "outlet": "Federal Register, Presidential Proclamation 11065", "published": "2026-09-14", "quote": "“These changes shall be effective with respect to goods entered for consumption, or withdrawn from warehouse for consumption, on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern time on September 15, 2026.”" } ] }, { "id": 1464, "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-canada-trade-war#n1464", "date": "2026-09-16", "date_precision": "day", "title": "Von der Leyen proposes EU associate membership for Canada", "summary": "European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed opening the way for Canada to become the European Union's first associate member. Mark Carney welcomed a proposal for a Canada-EU alliance beyond CETA.", "type": "announcement", "entities": [ "Ursula von der Leyen", "Mark Carney", "European Commission", "European Union", "Canada", "CETA" ], "parties": [ "ursula-von-der-leyen", "mark-carney", "european-commission", "european-union", "canada", "ceta" ], "published_at": "2026-09-21T14:57:42.320412+00:00", "note": "The page states that President von der Leyen told Prime Minister Mark Carney she wanted to open the door for Canada to become the EU's first associate member. It also describes moving from CETA to an Alliance for the Future; the page is dated 16 September 2026.", "image": "", "image_credit": { "credit": "", "source_url": "", "image_url": "", "terms_url": "", "mode": "licensed", "photographer": "", "photographer_url": "", "photo_url": "", "license": "", "license_url": "" }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://cyprus.representation.ec.europa.eu/news/2026-state-union-address-president-von-der-leyen-2026-09-16_en", "outlet": "European Commission", "published": "2026-09-16", "quote": "“So, I would like to work with you on opening the door for Canada to be the first associate member of the EU.”" }, { "url": "https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/readouts/2026/09/16/prime-minister-carney-meets-president-european-commission-ursula-von-der", "outlet": "Prime Minister of Canada", "published": "2026-09-16", "quote": "“The Prime Minister welcomed the President’s proposal for Canada and the EU to move beyond the Canada-EU Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) to a far stronger, more ambitious alliance in the future.”" } ] }, { "id": 1465, "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-canada-trade-war#n1465", "date": "2026-09-16", "date_precision": "day", "title": "Trump threatens EU tariffs over proposed Canada association", "summary": "Donald Trump threatened possible new tariffs against the European Union over the proposal to make Canada an EU associate member. He said the tariffs would depend on whether he judged the proposal's intention to be bad.", "type": "response", "entities": [ "Donald Trump", "European Union", "Canada", "Ursula von der Leyen" ], "parties": [ "donald-trump", "european-union", "canada", "ursula-von-der-leyen" ], "published_at": "2026-09-21T14:57:42.320412+00:00", "note": "The page states that Trump threatened new tariffs over a proposal to make Canada the EU's first associate member, and says he warned of restrictions if he considered it a hostile act. The readable page text does not provide an event date supporting 2026-09-16.", "image": "", "image_credit": { "credit": "", "source_url": "", "image_url": "", "terms_url": "", "mode": "licensed", "photographer": "", "photographer_url": "", "photo_url": "", "license": "", "license_url": "" }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.reutersconnect.com/item/uncaptioned-trump-threatens-eu-with-tariffs-over-proposed-canada-partnership/dGFnOnJldXRlcnMuY29tLDIwMjY6bmV3c21sX09XQ1ZNQzQ0Njk5OC1WSURFTw", "outlet": "Reuters", "published": "2026-09-17", "quote": "“U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened new tariffs against the European Union over a proposal to make Canada the bloc's first associate member.”" }, { "url": "https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/sep/17/trump-calls-eu-offer-to-canada-associate-membership-laughable-threatens-tariffs", "outlet": "The Guardian", "published": "2026-09-17", "quote": "“If it’s a good intention, that’s fine. If it’s a bad intention, we’ll put very heavy tariffs on Europe.”" } ] }, { "id": 1561, "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-canada-trade-war#n1561", "date": "2026-09-16", "date_precision": "day", "title": "Trump directs review of Canadian goods in federal procurement", "summary": "Donald Trump signed a memorandum directing U.S. agencies to examine Canadian-origin items in federal civil procurement. The memorandum instructed the United States Trade Representative to monitor Canada's treatment of U.S.-origin items in Canadian procurement markets.", "type": "regulatory", "entities": [ "Donald Trump", "Office of Management and Budget", "Office of the United States Trade Representative", "Canada", "Federal Acquisition Regulatory Council" ], "parties": [ "donald-trump", "office-of-management-and-budget", "office-of-the-united-states-trade-representative", "canada", "federal-acquisition-regulatory-council" ], "published_at": "2026-09-26T05:32:22.987360+00:00", "note": "The memorandum directs relevant officials to identify lawful steps concerning Canadian-origin items in the Federal civil procurement system and directs the Trade Representative to monitor Canada's treatment of U.S.-origin items. The page is dated September 16, 2026.", "image": "", "image_credit": { "credit": "", "source_url": "", "image_url": "", "terms_url": "", "mode": "licensed", "photographer": "", "photographer_url": "", "photo_url": "", "license": "", "license_url": "" }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/2026/09/restoring-reciprocity-in-government-procurement/", "outlet": "The White House", "published": "2026-09-16", "quote": "The Trade Representative shall continue to monitor Canada’s treatment of United States origin items in the Canadian federal and provincial government procurement markets." } ] }, { "id": 1466, "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-canada-trade-war#n1466", "date": "2026-09-17", "date_precision": "day", "title": "Carney proposes deeper Canada-EU integration", "summary": "Mark Carney said Canada welcomed the ambition for closer ties with the European Union. He proposed seamless digital trade in non-agricultural goods and services as part of a prospective alliance.", "type": "response", "entities": [ "Mark Carney", "Canada", "European Union", "European Parliament", "CETA" ], "parties": [ "mark-carney", "canada", "european-union", "european-parliament", "ceta" ], "published_at": "2026-09-21T14:57:42.320412+00:00", "note": "The page states that Canada welcomes the ambition for closer Canada-EU ties and proposes seamless, digital trade in non-agricultural goods and a wide range of services as part of an alliance for the future. It is dated September 17, 2026.", "image": "", "image_credit": { "credit": "", "source_url": "", "image_url": "", "terms_url": "", "mode": "licensed", "photographer": "", "photographer_url": "", "photo_url": "", "license": "", "license_url": "" }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/speeches/2026/09/17/prime-minister-carney-delivers-address-european-parliament", "outlet": "Prime Minister of Canada", "published": "2026-09-17", "quote": "“Canada welcomes this ambition – polling shows an overwhelming majority of Canadians support much closer ties with Europe.”" }, { "url": "https://www.pm.gc.ca/en/news/speeches/2026/09/17/prime-minister-carney-delivers-address-european-parliament", "outlet": "Prime Minister of Canada", "published": "2026-09-17", "quote": "“We should move toward seamless, digital trade in non-agricultural goods and a wide range of services.”" } ] }, { "id": 1562, "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-canada-trade-war#n1562", "date": "2026-09-21", "date_precision": "day", "title": "Trump says Belarus potash-purchase deal is being developed", "summary": "Donald Trump said the United States was working on a deal to purchase potash from Belarus. The statement described a prospective arrangement and did not announce a completed contract.", "type": "response", "entities": [ "Donald Trump", "United States", "Canada", "Belarus", "potash" ], "parties": [ "donald-trump", "united-states", "canada", "belarus", "potash" ], "published_at": "2026-09-26T05:32:22.987360+00:00", "note": "The article states that Trump said the US was working with Belarus to secure potash supplies and quotes the stated language. It was published on September 21, 2026, and characterizes the arrangement as in progress rather than completed.", "image": "", "image_credit": { "credit": "", "source_url": "", "image_url": "", "terms_url": "", "mode": "licensed", "photographer": "", "photographer_url": "", "photo_url": "", "license": "", "license_url": "" }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-09-21/trump-says-potash-deal-with-belarus-in-works-amid-canada-fight", "outlet": "Bloomberg", "published": "2026-09-21", "quote": "The United States is working on a massive Deal with respect to the purchase of Potash from Belarus." } ] }, { "id": 1563, "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-canada-trade-war#n1563", "date": "2026-09-22", "date_precision": "day", "title": "Trump says U.S. will continue buying Canadian potash", "summary": "Donald Trump said the United States would continue to buy potash from Canada. He said Belarus wanted to sell potash at a lower price.", "type": "response", "entities": [ "Donald Trump", "United States", "Canada", "Belarus", "Volodymyr Zelenskyy", "potash" ], "parties": [ "donald-trump", "united-states", "canada", "belarus", "volodymyr-zelenskyy", "potash" ], "published_at": "2026-09-26T05:32:22.987360+00:00", "note": "The article reports that Trump said the U.S. would continue buying Canadian potash and that Belarus wanted to sell it at a much lower price. It was posted September 22, 2026, and describes his comments to reporters that day.", "image": "", "image_credit": { "credit": "", "source_url": "", "image_url": "", "terms_url": "", "mode": "licensed", "photographer": "", "photographer_url": "", "photo_url": "", "license": "", "license_url": "" }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12069085/trump-canadian-potash-september-22/", "outlet": "Global News / The Canadian Press", "published": "2026-09-22", "quote": "We’ll continue to go with Canada, but Belarus would like to sell it for a much lower price." } ] }, { "id": 1565, "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-canada-trade-war#n1565", "date": "2026-09-25", "date_precision": "day", "title": "Greer says United States has no urgency for a Canada trade deal", "summary": "Jamieson Greer said Donald Trump was comfortable with the United States' position on Canada. Greer said there was no urgency on the U.S. side to conclude a trade deal with Canada.", "type": "response", "entities": [ "Jamieson Greer", "Donald Trump", "Office of the United States Trade Representative", "Canada", "United States" ], "parties": [ "jamieson-greer", "donald-trump", "office-of-the-united-states-trade-representative", "canada", "united-states" ], "published_at": "2026-09-26T05:32:22.987360+00:00", "note": "The page states that Jamieson Greer said Donald Trump was comfortable with the U.S. position on Canada and that the U.S. felt \"no urgency\" to make a trade deal. It was posted on 2026-09-25.", "image": "", "image_credit": { "credit": "", "source_url": "", "image_url": "", "terms_url": "", "mode": "licensed", "photographer": "", "photographer_url": "", "photo_url": "", "license": "", "license_url": "" }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://globalnews.ca/news/12072973/trump-comfortable-canada-trade-talks-greer/", "outlet": "Global News", "published": "2026-09-25", "quote": "President Trump is comfortable with where we are on Canada." }, { "url": "https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/trumps-trade-czar-says-sees-150545269.html", "outlet": "The Canadian Press via Yahoo Finance", "published": "2026-09-25", "quote": "There’s no urgency on our side, I will say." } ] }, { "id": 1646, "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-canada-trade-war#n1646", "date": "2026-09-28", "date_precision": "day", "title": "Stelco discloses indefinite idling at Hamilton operations", "summary": "Stelco said it would indefinitely idle cold-rolled and coated operations at its Hamilton plant, with winding down set to begin October 9. Up to 500 workers could be affected, and production would shift to its Lake Erie facility in Nanticoke.", "type": "announcement", "entities": [ "Stelco", "Cleveland-Cliffs" ], "parties": [ "stelco", "cleveland-cliffs" ], "published_at": "2026-09-30T09:14:47.867786+00:00", "note": "The page reports that Stelco would indefinitely idle its Hamilton cold-rolled and coated operations, begin winding down on October 9, affect up to 500 employees, and concentrate production at Nanticoke. It is dated September 28, 2026.", "image": "", "image_credit": { "credit": "", "source_url": "", "image_url": "", "terms_url": "", "mode": "licensed", "photographer": "", "photographer_url": "", "photo_url": "", "license": "", "license_url": "" }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/cleveland-cliffs-idle-output-canada-200102816.html", "outlet": "Reuters via Yahoo Finance", "published": "2026-09-28", "quote": "Citing an internal memo, CBC said the company would indefinitely idle its cold-rolled and coated operations at the Stelco plant, with operations set to begin winding down on October 9." }, { "url": "https://apnews.com/article/carney-stelco-steel-layoffs-clevelandcliffs-trump-9cc6e6fdf2b5f8c2ee6f260c1547c45f", "outlet": "Associated Press", "published": "2026-09-29", "quote": "Stelco said up to 500 workers could be affected as it indefinitely idles cold-rolled and coated operations at its Hamilton, Ontario, plant and shifts production to its Lake Erie facility in Nanticoke." } ] }, { "id": 1647, "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-canada-trade-war#n1647", "date": "2026-09-29", "date_precision": "day", "title": "Carney threatens legal action over Stelco employment commitments", "summary": "Mark Carney threatened legal action against Cleveland-Cliffs over employment obligations connected to its 2024 takeover of Stelco. The obligations were binding under the takeover approval.", "type": "response", "entities": [ "Mark Carney", "Government of Canada", "Cleveland-Cliffs", "Stelco" ], "parties": [ "mark-carney", "government-of-canada", "cleveland-cliffs", "stelco" ], "published_at": "2026-09-30T09:14:47.867786+00:00", "note": "The AP page states that Mark Carney threatened legal action over Cleveland-Cliffs' binding employment obligations arising from its 2024 C$3.4 billion takeover of Stelco. The article is dated September 29, 2026.", "image": "", "image_credit": { "credit": "", "source_url": "", "image_url": "", "terms_url": "", "mode": "licensed", "photographer": "", "photographer_url": "", "photo_url": "", "license": "", "license_url": "" }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://apnews.com/article/carney-stelco-steel-layoffs-clevelandcliffs-trump-9cc6e6fdf2b5f8c2ee6f260c1547c45f", "outlet": "Associated Press", "published": "2026-09-29", "quote": "Carney also threatened legal action against Cleveland-Cliffs, saying the Ohio-based company has binding employment obligations stemming from its C$3.4 billion ($2.4 billion) takeover of Stelco in 2024." } ] }, { "id": 1648, "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-canada-trade-war#n1648", "date": "2026-09-29", "date_precision": "day", "title": "U.S. import bans on specified Canadian goods take effect", "summary": "Import bans on specified Canadian alcoholic beverages and dairy products took effect, under the proclamation responding to Canada's retaliation.", "type": "regulatory", "entities": [ "United States", "Canada" ], "parties": [ "united-states", "canada" ], "published_at": "2026-09-30T09:14:47.867786+00:00", "note": "Editor: dropped a figure of nearly $1 billion in covered imports and a reference to motorcycles; the fact sheet carries neither, and what it discusses is discrimination concerning motor vehicles.", "image": "", "image_credit": { "credit": "", "source_url": "", "image_url": "", "terms_url": "", "mode": "licensed", "photographer": "", "photographer_url": "", "photo_url": "", "license": "", "license_url": "" }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.whitehouse.gov/fact-sheets/2026/09/fact-sheet-president-donald-j-trump-responds-to-canadas-retaliation/", "outlet": "The White House", "published": "2026-09-08", "quote": "The import bans will take effect on September 29, 2026, and the product additions and removals will take effect on September 15, 2026." }, { "url": "https://apnews.com/article/canada-us-trade-ban-tariffs-bdb4d9b946e98f84088c5c0f7f522588", "outlet": "Associated Press", "published": "2026-09-29", "quote": "U.S.-Canada relations, already tense, are likely to deteriorate further after the United States went ahead early Tuesday with a decision to ban nearly $1 billion worth of Canadian imports, including alcoholic beverages, dairy products and motorcycles." } ] }, { "id": 1819, "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-canada-trade-war#n1819", "date": "2026-10-01", "date_precision": "day", "title": "Greer says Washington is open to a Canada deal but 'not inclined to go to zero tariffs'", "summary": "U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said technical talks with Canada were continuing but that a handful of outstanding issues were quite difficult to resolve, speaking as the G20 trade ministers' meeting closed in Milwaukee. He said the Trump administration was open to a deal but not inclined to go to zero tariffs, and that the question was whether Canada would say yes on some of the issues. Asked whether Washington was consulting U.S. automakers about a 50 percent tariff on Canada's auto sector on January 1 absent a deal, Greer said U.S. trade policy was focused on re-shoring manufacturing.", "type": "response", "entities": [ "Jamieson Greer", "Office of the United States Trade Representative", "Government of Canada" ], "parties": [ "jamieson-greer", "office-of-the-united-states-trade-representative", "government-of-canada" ], "published_at": "2026-10-05T03:57:24.868156+00:00", "note": "The article states that Greer said the United States and Canada have technical talks, that outstanding issues are difficult to resolve, and that the administration is not inclined to seek zero tariffs. It was published October 1, 2026 and describes his remarks that Thursday.", "image": "", "image_credit": { "credit": "", "source_url": "", "image_url": "", "terms_url": "", "mode": "licensed", "photographer": "", "photographer_url": "", "photo_url": "", "license": "", "license_url": "" }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/news/g20-trade-ministers-holding-second-080018652.html/", "outlet": "The Canadian Press via Yahoo Finance", "published": "2026-10-01", "quote": "“We certainly have technical talks with the Canadians. The reality is there are a handful of outstanding issues that are quite difficult to resolve.”" } ] }, { "id": 1820, "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-canada-trade-war#n1820", "date": "2026-10-02", "date_precision": "day", "title": "Finance Canada sets out how to seek remission of the September counter-tariffs", "summary": "The Department of Finance Canada published the framework for businesses to request exceptional remission of Canada's counter-tariffs on U.S. goods. The counter-tariffs, announced on August 25 and effective September 8, apply at 15, 25 and 50 per cent to products drawn from those targeted by U.S. Section 338 and Section 232 tariffs, with each Canadian rate matching the corresponding U.S. rate. Finance assesses requests, may consult domestic producers, and recommends remission to the Minister of Finance under section 115 of the Customs Tariff; an Order in Council is needed for relief to take effect, and only companies registered in Canada may apply.", "type": "regulatory", "entities": [ "Department of Finance Canada", "Government of Canada", "United States" ], "parties": [ "department-of-finance-canada", "government-of-canada", "united-states" ], "published_at": "2026-10-05T03:57:24.868156+00:00", "note": "The page states that Canada announced counter-tariffs of 15, 25, and 50 percent effective September 8, 2026, in response to U.S. Section 338 and Section 232 tariffs, and sets out the remission-request framework. Its page details date is 2026-10-02.", "image": "", "image_credit": { "credit": "", "source_url": "", "image_url": "", "terms_url": "", "mode": "licensed", "photographer": "", "photographer_url": "", "photo_url": "", "license": "", "license_url": "" }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/programs/international-trade-finance-policy/process-requesting-remission-tariffs-that-apply-on-certain-goods-us.html", "outlet": "Department of Finance Canada", "published": "2026-10-02", "quote": "“Canada's tariff remission framework remains available to assess requests for exceptional relief.”" } ] }, { "id": 1997, "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-canada-trade-war#n1997", "date": "2026-10-08", "date_precision": "day", "title": "Greer says United States will talk if Canada agrees to its terms", "summary": "U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the United States was holding to its position in talks with Canada. He said U.S. officials were ready to talk when Canada wanted to reach agreement.", "type": "response", "entities": [ "Jamieson Greer", "Office of the United States Trade Representative", "Government of Canada", "United States" ], "parties": [ "jamieson-greer", "office-of-the-united-states-trade-representative", "government-of-canada", "united-states" ], "published_at": "2026-10-11T04:20:47.421906+00:00", "note": "The cited AOL/Reuters page says Jamieson Greer stated the U.S. was “holding fast” with Canada and said U.S. officials would be ready to talk when Canadians wanted “to get to yes.” The report is dated October 8, 2026.", "image": "", "image_credit": { "credit": "", "source_url": "", "image_url": "", "terms_url": "", "mode": "licensed", "photographer": "", "photographer_url": "", "photo_url": "", "license": "", "license_url": "" }, "sources": [ { "url": "https://www.aol.com/articles/ustr-greer-says-us-holding-115902000.html", "outlet": "Reuters via AOL", "published": "2026-10-08", "quote": "When the Canadians want to get to yes, obviously we'll be there ready to talk" } ] } ], "relations": [ { "from": 850, "to": 855, "kind": "responds_to", "note": "Saskatchewan described its levy on U.S. alcohol as a response to the U.S. 50 percent tariff on Canadian alcohol that took effect on August 22." }, { "from": 853, "to": 856, "kind": "responds_to", "note": "USTR described the procurement restriction as part of the President's response to Canada's continued retaliation." }, { "from": 1297, "to": 1298, "kind": "responds_to", "note": "Carney said he welcomed the president's comments and was ready to sit down and negotiate." }, { "from": 1464, "to": 1465, "kind": "responds_to", "note": "Trump's threat addressed the associate-membership proposal: Reuters described it as tariffs threatened \"over a proposal to make Canada the bloc's first associate member.\"" }, { "from": 1562, "to": 1563, "kind": "responds_to", "note": "Trump's September 22 statement qualified his September 21 Belarus proposal by saying the United States would continue buying Canadian potash." }, { "from": 1563, "to": 1565, "kind": "responds_to", "note": "Greer's September 25 comments on the lack of urgency for a Canada deal followed Trump's September 22 statement that the United States would continue purchasing Canadian potash." }, { "from": 1646, "to": 1647, "kind": "responds_to", "note": "Carney's threatened legal action against Cleveland-Cliffs followed Stelco's disclosed idling and potential worker impacts." }, { "from": 854, "to": 1648, "kind": "follows", "note": "The September 8 import-ban proclamation stated that the bans would take effect on September 29, and the September 29 report says the United States proceeded with the bans." } ], "links": [ { "from": { "event": "us-tariff-refund-litigation", "id": 338, "date": "2025-02-01", "title": "Trump invokes IEEPA for the first tariffs: 10% on China, 25% on Canada and Mexico over fentanyl", "url": "https://whatledto.com/events/us-tariff-refund-litigation#n338" }, "to": { "event": "us-canada-trade-war", "id": 830, "date": "2025-03-04", "title": "The tariffs take effect; 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