U.S. President Donald Trump and Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney discuss throughout a household photograph on the G7 Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada, June 16, 2025.
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U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday introduced a 35% tariff on Canadian imports, beginning Aug. 1, citing that Ottawa had retaliated with tariffs in opposition to Washington.
“As a substitute of working with the USA, Canada retaliated with its personal Tariffs,” Trump mentioned in his letter to Mark Carney, prime minister of Canada, posted on Reality Social.
He attributed fentanyl as a cause for the speed within the letter and mentioned: “If Canada works with me to cease the stream of Fentanyl, we are going to, maybe, think about an adjustment to this letter.”
The 35% tariffs might be separate from all sectoral tariffs, Trump mentioned, threatening that the responsibility is likely to be elevated, if Canada continues to retaliate.
“If for any cause you determine to boost your Tariffs, then, regardless of the quantity you select to boost them by, might be added onto the 35% that we cost,” Trump mentioned within the submit.
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