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US President Donald Trump has escalated his trade war with Canada by banning imports of certain goods from Canada.
Trump’s previously announced ban – which affected some alcoholic beverages, dairy by-products, motorcycles and other items – went into effect at 12:01 a.m. ET on Tuesday.
Canadian-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc’s office said Monday that the government’s top priority remains “protecting and supporting Canadian workers, farmers, families and businesses from these unjustified actions.”
The ban marks the latest escalation in the trade war between the two countries as the Trump administration seeks to pressure Canada into making concessions in trade talks.
These trade restrictions may have an adverse impact on the industries affected, but are unlikely to significantly weaken Canada’s overall economic growth in the near future.
Official trade talks broke down last month, and both countries accused each other of making last-minute changes.
Trump said Monday he expected Canada would return to the negotiating table in the coming weeks with an apology.
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“I think what’s going to happen is in the next three or four weeks, they’re going to come to us and say, ‘We’re going to eliminate all the tariffs,’” Trump told reporters in the Oval Office.
“We will win everything.”
Hours after talks broke down in August, the United States imposed tariffs of 50 percent on some Canadian goods. Ottawa responded with its own tariffs a few weeks later.
Trump responded by signing orders directing several federal agencies to remove Canadian goods from procurement lists, and other agencies to impose import bans on Tuesday.
The president also signed an executive order to change the name of Lake Ontario to Lake of the Americas.
Canada was also hit with tariffs of 10 percent, which the Trump administration said was related to forced labor in supply chains. The duties do not apply to goods that comply with the Canada-US-Mexico trade agreement, known as CUSMA.
And Canadian industries such as steel, aluminum, auto and cabinet equipment have been hit by separate sectoral tariffs imposed by Trump.
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