Canada is adding to the list of U.S. goods that will be subject to Canadian counter-tariffs a day after it took American seafood off the list.
On Tuesday, Canada responded to U.S. President Donald Trump’s repeated trade war escalations and 50 per cent tariffs with counter-tariffs on more than 700 American goods amounting to $27.6 billion and rolling out supports for workers affected by the trade war.
Since then, Ottawa has tweaked the list.
“We’ve been working with and listening to stakeholders and provinces all throughout this process. That has informed our response and crucially helped us adjust our support measures to ensure our sectors and workers’ immediate needs and reality are acted on,” a spokesperson for Finance Canada said Friday.
“This decision was made in the interest of strengthening Canada’s sectors and our tariff response — and to better match the American tariffs dollar for dollar, rate for rate,” the statement added.
The Canadian countermeasures will go into effect on Tues. Sept. 8.
On Wednesday, Finance Canada said it was adjusting the list after receiving feedback from Canadian industry stakeholders.
American seafood and fish were removed from the initial tariff list.
Removing tariffs on U.S. seafood products was “in Canada’s best interests,” Finance Minister Francois-Phillippe Champagne told reporters Thursday.
While Canada’s trade negotiators continue to “defend Canadian interests,” Ottawa will continue cooperating with the U.S. on regional security, Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand said.
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“I will continue to work with my counterpart in the United States on bilateral issues as is necessary, whether it’s Arctic security, whether it is regional security in Haiti, whether it is on cyber scam centers,” Anand said Friday.
Canada will continue to “build relationships around the world” in an effort to diversify its trading relationships, she added.
What’s been added?
The Canadian counter-tariffs have been set at three different rates — 15 per cent, 25 per cent and 50 per cent — to match Trump’s own tariffs on Canadian goods.
Friday’s new additions will be subject to a 50 per cent Canadian tariff.
Wood charcoal (including shell or nut charcoal) was on the list, along with American copper wire.
Printed material, including printed pictures and photographs, was also included, along with articles of plaster or of compositions based on plaster.
Canada will also be placing a tariff on carboys, bottles, flasks, jars, pots, phials, ampoules and other containers, of glass, “of a kind used for the conveyance or packing of goods,” and preserving jars made of glass, stoppers, lids and other closures made of glass, the statement said.
Movement on internal trade
Canada’s Committee on Internal Trade, which comprises federal, provincial and territorial ministers responsible for internal trade, met on Thursday in Iqaluit.
The ministers agreed to reach an agreement in principle by the end of fall 2026 and also to meet again in October, a statement said.
Provincial and territorial ministers are working to reduce barriers to labour mobility and make progress on mutual recognition of credentials.
The governments will also “continue to work to reduce barriers for alcoholic beverages across Canada to support consumer choice,” the statement said.
We at least the Prime Minister is going to address parliament soon in Europe as that will help out Canada so much and he want have to answer to Canadians. Enjoy another taxpayer paid vacation. I would like to take a vacation but can’t due to the high costs of living now!
Canadians need to wake up and realize that our current government is in it for themselves and to keep their seats. They do not care about any Canadian west of the Ontario border unless the East is starting to not like them any more.
Our unbalanced parliament has been the issue forever as this continues to keep this great Country divided! In all f the general elections that we have had I think maybe two of them were decided by vote from the western provinces as the major it are decided before the votes are counted west of Ontario.
I can deflect and say all of the high costs of living is only due the the President but that would be like our current government of the past 12 years as they have no answers but to say they are listening but with deaf ears. Drop all the TDS and really look at who created our affordability Crisis in Canada. It was not the President as he does not run our country or was elected to lead our country.
Alik if you want to be an American you have the freedom to go there
This belief that all Canadians are behind the Liberals is laughable. Enjoy your poverty. It’ll remain until you learn to think
Armchair political quarterbacks ,all doom and gloom with no solutions, go canada, short term pain for long term gain
It’s funny, most Canadians feel really bad that we have to do this, but we agree it is so necessary. These tariffs do nothing for Trumps end game. Such bull.
Shortsighted comment. Canada must show Trump that we are not as weak as he claims we are when he bleats to his audiences. ALSO it puts Trump in a position where he is getting pressure from Americans to pay attention to the domestic economy rather than satisfy his his ego with petty acts of retaliation.
This will only hirt Canadians
Oh well
I hope evey single one of them loses their job, their home and everything else
After almost 15yrs of decline extreme consequences is what it appears its going to take for Canadians to pull their heads out of their back ends
Unbelievable stupid what Canada is doing with the counter tarrifs . Don’t they know it’s going to hurt Canadians more then the USA . Be prepared to pay for more for everything .