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from 15% to 50% and apply to products covering C$27.6bn in imports from the US. The measures will target sectors including steel, dairy, appliances, agricultural equipment, pulp and paper, and electronics – industries that have been most affected by US tariffs.</p><div id="sign-in-gate"></div><p class="dcr-1s160rg">The retaliatory tariffs come “as a result of the United States’ decision to impose a 50% tariff on $27.6bn of Canadian goods effective August 22”, the Canadian government <a href="https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/news/2026/08/list-of-products-from-the-united-states-subject-to-counter-tariffs-effective-september-8-2026.html" data-link-name="in body link">said</a>.</p><p class="dcr-1s160rg">“Canada’s counter-measures do not apply to US goods that are in transit to <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/canada" data-link-name="in body link" data-component="auto-linked-tag">Canada</a> on the day on which they come into force,” it added.</p><p class="dcr-1s160rg">Tensions between Canada and the US have intensified in recent weeks, with Carney last week urging the Trump administration to “start being serious” as the trade dispute has increasingly spilled into broader diplomatic tensions.</p><p class="dcr-1s160rg">Trump and senior US officials have repeatedly criticized Canada and its leadership, while Trump has taken a series of symbolic digs at Canada including signing an executive order renaming Lake Ontario “Lake America” – which <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/aug/29/if-its-made-in-the-us-i-dont-buy-it-canadians-on-boycotting-trumps-america" data-link-name="in body link">Canadians have rejected.</a></p><p class="dcr-1s160rg">US vice-president JD Vance has also reportedly mocked Carney, <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/21/jd-vance-mark-carney-out-tough-trump-trade" data-link-name="in body link">apparently saying</a> the Canadian prime minister “comes in and puffs his chest out and says: ‘I’m going to, like, out-tough Donald Trump.’”</p><p class="dcr-1s160rg">Last month, Trump <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/24/canada-tariff-increase-trump-auto" data-link-name="in body link">announced </a>a new 50% tariff on cars and raw materials from Canada. He accused the country of “ripping off” the US “for years”, adding: “We don’t need Canada, they need us!”</p><p class="dcr-1s160rg">Carney said last month Canada would not accept a US trade deal that weakened French-language protections, saying American negotiators viewed the measures as an “irritant”, while “in Quebec, these are rights”.</p><p class="dcr-1s160rg">Quebec has long maintained laws aimed at protecting French and preserving its distinct cultural identity. 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