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      "title": "The US–Canada Trade War: From the Fentanyl Tariffs to Section 338 and Dollar-for-Dollar Retaliation",
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      "date": "2026-09-08",
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      "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.",
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          "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."
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          "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."
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          "url": "https://www.wrvo.org/2026-09-08/carney-warns-canadians-of-tough-times-ahead-as-counter-tariffs-take-effect",
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          "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."
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          "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."
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          "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 %."
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      "date": "2026-08-25",
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      "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.",
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          "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."
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          "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."
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      "date": "2025-06-29",
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      "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.",
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          "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."
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          "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."
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      "date": "2025-04-09",
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      "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.",
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          "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."
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      "date": "2025-03-12",
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      "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.",
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          "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."
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