Canada announces final list of retaliatory tariffs

The former’s tariffs on USA products such as apples, cranberries, whiskey, pork products and cheese were introduced on June 5, while the 28-country European bloc introduced a levy on more than $3 billion worth of us goods on June 29. On the long list of items to be targeted are gherkins, a popular pickled treat in Canada, and one that Woodbridge produces at his plant.

“So this came as a little bit of a shock to us”, he said, “as we thought they were working more along the lines of making sure the administration knows the severity of the impact tariffs would have”.

Canada struck back at the Trump administration over us steel and aluminum tariffs on Friday, vowing to impose punitive measures on C$16.6 billion ($12.63 billion) worth of American goods until Washington relents.

“I was sitting in my La-Z-Boy chair and, you know, they were talking about Trump”, he says.

The final retaliatory tariff list spells out more than 100 steel products that are being hit with a 25 per cent surtax including bars, rods, and flat-rolled products; 19 aluminum products including doors, nuts and bolts, and scouring pads; and over 70 other USA goods that will have a 10 per cent surtax placed on them. I couldn’t believe it, you know. Some items will be subject to taxes of 10% or 25% amounting to $16.6 billion (Rs 1 lakh 13,600 crore) in tariffs. A similar investigation took place before the Trump Administration imposed tariffs on imported steel and aluminum.

TORONTO – Canada announced billions of dollars in retaliatory tariffs against the us on Friday in a tit-for-tat response to the Trump administration’s duties on Canadian steel and aluminum.

“We’ve got no choice”.

“All of us at this point fully anticipate there will be moments of drama in the future”, Freeland said.

The federal support package includes similar measures to those offered by Ottawa previous year in response US duties on softwood lumber products from Canada. The Canadian government plans to keep them in place until the USA removes its tariffs. It buys tens of billions of USA dollars worth of parts from U.S. suppliers every year, and has invested over US$22 billion in United States manufacturing operations since 2009.

Canada hit back at the United States on Friday with retaliatory tariffs on American summertime essentials including Florida orange juice, ketchup and Kentucky bourbon in its opening salvo in a trade war with President Donald Trump.

Canada and the US are among the world’s two largest trading partners with an estimated $ 673.9 billion worth of goods and services exchanged in 2017, with the US scoring a small surplus ($ 8.4 billion), according to the US Trade Representative’s office.

“We support open and free trade”, said the chamber.

“That standard is simply not met here, as imports of vehicles and parts from countries like Canada, which has been defined by law as part of the US defense industrial base and which has been closely integrated with USA automotive production since the U.S”. He said the impact of tariffs on the price of a GM vehicle was equivalent to “a luxury floor mat”.

In addition, the Government of Canada will make available up to $2 billion to defend and protect the interests of Canadian workers and businesses in the steel, aluminum and manufacturing industries.

Freeland said they are also prepared if Trump escalates the trade war.

Deron Bilous, Alberta’s Minister of Economic Development and Trade, said Ottawa is on the right track.

The auto giant – which employs 180,000 people worldwide – became the second famous USA brand this week to warn of the dangers of Trump’s escalating trade dispute.

“The two leaders agreed to stay in close touch on a way forward”. “There’s no reason why we shouldn’t continue to work closely together to grow our own and each other’s economies”.

Meanwhile, Canadians are overwhelmingly in favor of Friday’s retaliatory tariffs.