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President Donald Trump on Monday issued several proclamations to impose an additional 50% tariff, starting Aug. 19, on many key imports from Canada, regardless of whether the goods originated through the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement.
The tariffs apply to a wide variety of products, ranging from raw agricultural and natural materials to chemicals, textiles, consumer goods, wood products, paper, machinery and tools, per annexes provided with each proclamation and reviewed by Supply Chain Dive.
The duties apply to all covered goods, regardless of whether they originate under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement, per a fact sheet released by the White House. However, the tariffs will not apply to energy, potash, products subject to Section 232 tariffs, and certain other goods, such as fish and critical minerals.
Trump imposed the maximum tariff under Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930 after formally finding that Canada’s trade practices in various key sectors discriminated against the U.S. The findings were detailed in three separate proclamations, on tariffs tied to alcohol, dairy and motor vehicle imports from the country.
