Washington
Political standing of Canada: none
Canada is extremely dependent on the United States.
Grounds
Canada withdrew its own law on the demand of a foreign head of state.
A tax of 3% on digital services revenue of large firms. On Friday 27 June 2025 the President of the United States ended trade talks with Canada over it. On 29 June 2025 Canada withdrew it, before the first payments fell due.
Canada refunded the greater part of its own retaliation.
Counter-tariffs charged from March 2025 to 17 April 2026: C$9.7 billion. Remitted to importers by order: C$5.5 billion.
Canada exempted its own retaliation before it took effect.
Counter-tariffs on 629 tariff lines of United States origin from 8 September 2026. One third of them already under remission orders; for steel and aluminium, more than 60%.
Canada bears the maximum tariff the law of the United States permits.
Section 338 lay unused for 96 years. The proclamation sets 50%, the highest rate the section allows, on 874 tariff lines, about US$20 billion of Canadian exports, from 22 August 2026, and recites that the section authorizes their exclusion from the United States.
Canada acted on the trade policy of a foreign state; its own producers bore the cost.
The United States set 100% on electric vehicles from China in May 2024; Canada imposed the same 100% in 2024. China imposed 75.8% on Canadian canola seed from 14 August 2025. The canola market in China: almost C$5 billion.
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