Justin Trudeau
Role in each timeline
- The US–Canada Trade War: From the Fentanyl Tariffs to Section 338 and Dollar-for-Dollar Retaliation
Former Canadian prime minister who answered the original IEEPA tariffs with the first C$155 billion retaliation plan and border measures.
Justin Trudeau across every timeline
Every dated entry that names Justin Trudeau, from all 1 timeline, newest first.
- The tariffs take effect; Canada's first C$30 billion of counter-tariffs start the next morning Regulatory
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.
on The US–Canada Trade War: From the Fentanyl Tariffs to Section 338 and Dollar-for-Dollar Retaliation - A 30-day pause after Trudeau promises a fentanyl czar and a C$1.3 billion border plan Delay
Hours after pausing the Mexico tariffs, Trump paused Canada's for 30 days. 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.
on The US–Canada Trade War: From the Fentanyl Tariffs to Section 338 and Dollar-for-Dollar Retaliation - Trump signs the IEEPA order: 25 percent on Canada, 10 percent on energy; Trudeau answers with C$155 billion Regulatory
Using the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and a declared fentanyl emergency, Trump ordered a 25 percent tariff on Canadian goods with a 10 percent rate for energy, to take effect February 4. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced 25 percent counter-tariffs on C$155 billion of American goods: C$30 billion immediately and C$125 billion after 21 days.
on The US–Canada Trade War: From the Fentanyl Tariffs to Section 338 and Dollar-for-Dollar Retaliation