Some Canadians are boycotting U.S. products in protest of looming tariffs
Some Canadians have begun boycotting American products and booing the U.S. national anthem at professional sporting events in protest of President Donald Trump’s looming tariffs.
Some Canadians have begun boycotting American products and booing the U.S. national anthem at professional sporting events in protest of President Donald Trump’s looming tariffs.
“I’m pissed off,” said Pierre Oliver, one of the many frustrated residents of the U.S. ally nation heeding Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s call on Sunday to prioritize buying Canadian goods in retaliation to Trump’s executive order that imposes tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China.
“It’s a drop in the bucket,” Oliver, a 67-year-old Ontario business owner, added. “But it’s the only thing we can do.”
Trump on Saturday announced a 25% tariff on imports from Mexico and Canada — excluding Canadian energy products, which would face a 10% tariff. He also implemented a 10% tariff on imports from China, citing the role all three countries have played in the flow of fentanyl and undocumented immigrants to the United States.
On Monday, Trump announced that the tariffs he had planned to implement for Mexican products will be on pause for a month after Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum agreed to send 10,000 soldiers to the U.S.-Mexico border to address concerns about drugs.
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