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Photo by ALEX WROBLEWSKI /AFP via Getty ImagesOTTAWA — U.S. President Donald Trump unveiled a series of executive orders late on Tuesday banning certain Canadian goods, including some alcoholic beverages, from being imported to the United States.Enjoy the latest local, national and international news.Exclusive articles by Conrad Black, Barbara Kay and others. Plus, special edition NP Platformed and First Reading newsletters and virtual events.Unlimited online access to National Post.National Post ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition to view on any device, share and comment on.Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword.Support local journalism.Enjoy the latest local, national and international news.Exclusive articles by Conrad Black, Barbara Kay and others. 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The new bans are expected to come into effect later in the month.Trump also removed 50 per cent tariffs from several products, including toilet paper, cement, bedsheets and salt.Canada-U.S. Trade Minister Dominic LeBlanc said on Tuesday that the government is “assessing” the new tariff measures and that he has been in contact with his counterpart, United States Trade Representative Jamieson Greer.“When the US is ready to engage, our government will work in good faith and constructively towards a more secure mutually beneficial trading relationship that fully respects Canadian sovereignty,” said LeBlanc, in a statement posted to social media.The move follows a social media post earlier in the day, where Trump said he plans to remove Canadian-origin products from a U.S. federal government procurement program on Tuesday, his first response since Canada hit the U.S. with retaliatory tariffs.“I am hereby directing the GSA (U.S. General Services Administration), working with the USTR, to take all necessary steps to REMOVE Canadian-origin products from GSA’s Multiple Award Schedules unless Canada restores full and fair reciprocity for American Farmers and Companies,” he said, in a post on TruthSocial on Tuesday. “Those schedules account for more than 50 BILLION DOLLARS a year.”Trump’s announcement comes on the same day Canadian retaliatory tariffs came into effect on nearly $28 billion worth of U.S. imports.The GSA’s Multiple Award Schedules program is the U.S. federal government’s most widely used vehicle for procurement acquisition of commercial services and products. It does not handle large defence contracts, which are the responsibility of a separate department called the Defence Logistics Agency.The president cited the lack of U.S. access to the Canadian dairy market and Canadian government procurement programs, as reasons for the latest trade move.“Canada has been ripping us off for years, but what many do not realize is that the Canadian Government, including Canadian Provinces, have banned American Small Businesses and Companies from selling into their Government Procurement Markets,” the president said. “This is the case even though Canada gets broad access into the massive American Government Procurement Market, including those of our States.”Earlier Tuesday, Prime Minister Mark Carney said he doesn’t believe in escalating the trade conflict, following Canada’s retaliatory response.“That’s not constructive,” said Carney, during a video address released on Tuesday. “But our tariffs are necessary protect our workers, protect our companies, and our communities.”Carney said his government can’t allow American goods into Canada tariff-free, while the U.S. levies charges on Canadian exports.Canada’s latest round of tariffs against the U.S. is in response to U.S. President Donald Trump’s 50 per-cent tariff on $28 billion worth of Canadian goods under Section 338 of the Tariff Act of 1930. Trump slapped Canada with the new tariffs after trade talks between Canada and the U.S. broke down on Aug. 21.Carney announced a pause in negotiations last month and said several last-minute conditions in the draft text of an agreement made a deal with the U.S. untenable.“We worked in good faith to reach a fair deal, but since a fair deal wasn’t on the table, we made the right choice to walk away from a bad one,” Carney said Tuesday.Since trade talks were paused, there has been no communication between negotiators on both sides. The U.S. administration has vowed to respond to Canada’s latest round of tariffs. Over the weekend, Trump took to TruthSocial where he attacked aircraft maker Bombardier and posted a photo of the North American continent covered in an American flag.Trump also took issue with the exchange rate and the value of the Canadian dollar. He called the loonie’s “imbalance” with the U.S. dollar “unacceptable.”Carney in his address warned that the trade conflict with the U.S. will come at a cost.“There’s always a cost to action, but it doesn’t come close to the cost of standing still,” he said. “This is about who we are as Canadians. It’s about our livelihoods and the country we leave to our kids.”National PostOur website is the place for the latest breaking news, exclusive scoops, longreads and provocative commentary. Please bookmark nationalpost.com and sign up for our newsletters here. Join the Conversation This website uses cookies to personalize your content (including ads), and allows us to analyze our traffic. Read more about cookies here. By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.