U.S. President Donald Trump has once more turned the eye of his aggressive trade agenda on Canada with yet a brand new tariff threat.
In a letter to Prime Minister Mark Carney posted to Truth Social, Trump threatened a 35 per cent tariff on “Canadian products sent into the USA, separate from all Sectoral Tariffs.”
“If for any reason you choose to lift your Tariffs, then, regardless of the number you select to lift them by, can be added onto the 35 per cent that we charge,” the letter adds.
The brand new tariff would take effect on Aug. 1.
The letter once more references fentanyl allegedly “pouring into” the U.S. from Canada, but additionally cites other complaints, including trade deficits and Canadian supply management within the dairy sector.
The U.S. government’s own statistics showing minuscule amounts of fentanyl entering the U.S. from Canada were buttressed earlier this month by a report from Recent York think tank The Manhattan Institute, which found 99 per cent of the pills and 97 per cent of the powered type of the drug entering the U.S. within the last decade got here from Mexico.
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Global News is searching for comment from the Prime Minister’s Office, International Trade Minister Maninder Sidhu and Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand.
The brand new threat comes as Canada and the U.S. are locked in negotiations over a wider economic and security agreement, with a July 21 goal date.
Canada is already coping with 25 per cent U.S. tariffs on steel and aluminum.
On Tuesday, Trump vowed a brand new 50 per cent tariff on copper and 200 per cent tariff on pharmaceuticals. Greater than half of Canada’s copper exports go to the U.S.
Earlier Thursday, Industry Minister Mélanie Joly vowed to “fight” that tariff.
In March, Trump imposed sweeping 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian goods in March, but days later carved out a serious exception for exports compliant with the Canada-U.S.-Mexico agreement.
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