Trump’s new 50 percent Canada tariffs: What products are affected and why?

What the report says

Al Jazeera reports that US President Donald Trump has announced new 50 percent tariffs on a range of Canadian imports, with the measures set to take effect in 30 days from Monday’s announcement. The move targets goods including wine, hockey sticks, cement, dairy products, swimming pools, furniture, fishing rods, seeds, clothing and wigs, according to details cited from a White House fact sheet.

The administration invoked Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, which Al Jazeera says allows punitive tariffs of up to 50 percent against trading partners judged to discriminate against US goods. The US Trade Representative’s office said the duties would cover nearly $20bn in Canadian imports, about 5.2 percent of the $382bn in goods the US imported from Canada in 2025. The White House said oil, gas, critical minerals, potash and products already covered by sector-specific tariffs would be excluded.

Washington accused Ottawa of unfair treatment of US alcohol, automobiles and dairy products, and also cited the US goods trade deficit with Canada, which it put at $46.4bn in 2025. US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer said the measure was intended to respond to Canada’s retaliation and alleged discrimination. The administration also said the tariffs would apply regardless of whether goods fall under the US-Mexico-Canada trade agreement.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called the tariffs another unilateral US trade action and said they directly violate the trilateral trade pact, known in Canada as CUSMA. He said Canada had offered proposals to resolve the dispute and modernise the agreement, and was prepared to intensify talks. The dispute adds pressure to one of the world’s largest trading relationships and could raise costs for businesses and consumers on both sides of the border.