Trump Raises Tariffs on Canada to 35%, Keeps USMCA Exemption (3)

President Donald Trump said the US will put a 35% tariff on some imports from Canada, escalating the tensions between two countries that have impaired one of the world’s largest trading relationships.

The new rate represents an increase from the 25% tariffs Trump imposed in early March under an emergency law.

“Canada has failed to cooperate in curbing the ongoing flood of fentanyl and other illicit drugs, and it has retaliated against the United States” for Trump’s earlier tariffs, the White House said in a fact sheet published Thursday evening.

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