COUNTERING CANADA’S LATEST RETALIATION AGAINST AMERICAN EXPORTS: Today, to address Canada’s increased discrimination against U. S. commerce, President Trump signed five Proclamations pursuant to Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 to ban certain products from Canada and modify the scope of the tariffs on certain Canadian products previously announced on July 20, 2026. President Trump is taking decisive and appropriate action to respond to Canada’s additional retaliation and continued discriminatory treatment of crucial American exports.
After breaking off trade talks with the United States last month, today Canada imposed new retaliatory tariffs on about $20 billion of U. S. exports, including steel, dairy, and agricultural equipment. Because Canada maintained and in fact increased its discrimination against U. S. commerce with respect to U. S. alcoholic beverages, President Trump, under Section 338, imposed import bans on certain Canadian alcohol and other products that were subject to the 50 percent tariffs imposed under Section 338 in Proclamation 11046. Moreover, because Canada maintained its discrimination against U. S.
commerce with respect to dairy, President Trump, under Section 338, imposed import bans on certain Canadian dairy and other products of Canada that were subject to the 50 percent tariffs imposed under Section 338 in Proclamation 11047. To offset the burden to U. S. commerce while better serving the public interest, President Trump is also modifying the July 20, 2026 actions by removing certain products, such as rock salt and cement, from the scope of the Section 338 tariffs and replacing those products with new ones, ranging from all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) to additional dairy products.
These Section 338 tariffs apply to all covered goods regardless of whether a good originates under the U. S. -Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) and apply in addition to tariffs imposed under Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962. The import bans will take effect on…