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

What the report says

Al Jazeera reports that US President Donald Trump has announced new 50 percent tariffs on a range of Canadian imports, escalating a trade dispute with one of the United States’ largest trading partners. The measures were announced on Monday, July 20, 2026, and are due to take effect in 30 days. A White House fact sheet cited by Al Jazeera lists affected goods including wine, hockey sticks and cement.

According to the report, the tariffs were imposed under Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930, a rarely used law that allows punitive duties of up to 50 percent when another country is deemed to discriminate against US products. Al Jazeera says the duties would cover nearly $20bn in Canadian imports, or about 5.2 percent of the $382bn in goods the US imported from Canada in 2025. Other listed products include dairy items, swimming pools, furniture, fishing rods, seeds, clothing and wigs. Oil, gas, critical minerals, potash and goods already subject to sector-specific tariffs are excluded.

The Trump administration accused Canada of unfair treatment of US alcohol, dairy and automobile products, and said the tariffs would apply even to goods covered by the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, known in Canada as CUSMA. Washington also pointed to the US goods trade deficit with Canada, which it put at $46.4bn in 2025.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said the move was another unilateral US trade action and argued it violated the trilateral trade deal. He said Canada had made detailed proposals to resolve the dispute and modernise the agreement, while warning that the broader trade fight had increased costs for families, especially in the US.