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The White House announced the import bans on Tuesday as Canada imposed retaliatory tariffs on roughly $20 billion in U.S. goods
President Donald Trump signed five proclamations Tuesday banning a broad range of Canadian imports — including most alcoholic beverages, dairy products, and motorcycles — effective September 29, escalating a trade war between the two countries that has grown increasingly acrimonious.
According to CNBC, the banned goods span a wide range of categories: alcoholic beverages such as malt beer, wine, cider, whisky, vodka, and other spirits; non-alcoholic beer; whey products and molasses; and larger motorcycles and mopeds. The restrictions replace existing 50% tariffs on those goods. Separately, the White House said tariff modifications on other Canadian products — adding all-terrain vehicles and animal hides, and removing rock salt and cement — will take effect September 15.
The announcements came on the same day Canada's own retaliatory tariffs took effect at 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, targeting more than 700 U.S. goods across steel, dairy, farm equipment, electronics, pulp and paper, and other categories at rates of 15%, 25%, or 50%, according to Reuters. Ottawa described those levies as a "dollar for dollar" response to U.S. tariffs imposed in August.
