Trump says he'll double tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum in response to electricity duties
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he will double the tariffs imposed on steel and aluminum imported from Canada, an escalation of the brewing economic feud between the U.S. and its largest trading partner.
President Donald Trump said Tuesday he will double the tariffs imposed on steel and aluminum imported from Canada, an escalation of the brewing economic feud between the U.S. and its largest trading partner.
Trump posted to his Truth Social platform that the tariffs would go from 25% to 50% starting Wednesday, a move that comes in response to the province of Ontario placing a 25% tariff on electricity coming into the United States.
Trump added that he would be declaring a "national emergency" on the three states Ontario has targeted so that the tariffs could go into effect.
Trump also called on Canada to drop its duties on American dairy products and threatened to "substantially increase" tariffs on cars imported into the U.S. if Canada did not drop "other egregious, long time tariffs."
Trump then doubled down on some of his recent rhetoric about making Canada part of the U.S.
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