Published August 27th, 2026 - 10:02 GMT
ALBAWABA - The ongoing Canadian-American trade war is now being waged in earnest as Canadian PM Mark Carney vowed to match U.S. tariffs ‘dollar for dollar’ – leading to a toilet paper shortage in the U.S.Going to the bathroom is becoming more expensive for Americans as decades of peaceful trade between Canada and the U.S. is flushed away.Canadian PM Mark Carney unveiled a list of 900 American products that will face 25 to 50 percent tariffs from September 8, with paper products being among those hardest-hit by the tariffs.While Americans make their own toilet paper domestically, they rely heavily on Canadian lumber for raw materials,Last year, amid tariffs that were in place at the time, Procter & Gamble said that they will have to increase prices on their Charmin brand toilet paper, the same is expected to happen this time around.Alongside the raw materials for U.S. brand toilet paper, the U.S. imports the finished product from Canada, with toilet paper imports reaching $328 million worth in 2024, according to the World Bank.We’re going to be paying more to wipe our ass and Trump’s calling it “winning.”📌 NOTE: Manufacturers rely heavily on Canadian pulp and other raw materials. The U.S. also imported about $328 million worth of finished toilet paper from Canada in 2024. pic.twitter.com/vFXP8DRZU8— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline) August 27, 2026 The U.S. accounts for 20 percent of global toilet paper consumption while only being 4 percent of the population, using on average 141 rolls of toilet paper per year, just ahead of Germany’s 134 rolls per year.Despite this, U.S. trade representative Jaimeson Greene, says “there’s no possible way” the U.S.-Canada trade war will affect consumers, “The fundamentals are good,” he said. “I don’t think this is going to affect anything.”
